A Biographical dictionary of the living authors of Great Britain and Ireland
Subtitle: comprising literary memoirs and anecdotes of their lives and a chronological register of their publications, with the number of editions printed; including notices of some foreign writers whose works have been occasionally published in England
By: Illustrated by a variety of communications from persons of the first eminence in the world of letters. London, Printed for H. Colburn, 1816
Contributors: Shoberl, Frederic, 1775-1853, supposed author; Upcott, William, 1779-1845, supposed author
Publisher: Gale Research Co.
Published: 1966
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 449
Subjects: English literature; Bio-bibliography; Littérature anglaise; Biobibliographie
Notes: Reprint of a work originally published in 1816.

Ascribed to John Watkins and Frederic Shoberl. cf. of Brit. Mus. cat. and Halkett & Laing. Also attributed to William Upcott. cf. Halkett & Laing.