A New and general biographical dictionary
Subtitle: containing an historical and critical account of the lives and writings of the most eminent persons in every nation; particularly the British and Irish; from the earliest accounts of time to the present period. : Wherein their remarkable actions or sufferings, their virtues, parts, and learning are accurately displayed; : with a catalogue of their literary productions
Contributors: Strahan, William, 1715-1785, bookseller; Payne, Thomas, 1719-1799, bookseller; Owen, W. (William), -1793, bookseller; Johnston, W. (William), -1804, bookseller; Crowder, Stanley, -1798, bookseller; Law, B. (Bedwell), -1798, bookseller; Field, Thomas, active 1755-1775, bookseller; Durham, Thomas (Bookseller), bookseller; Robson, James, 1733-1806, bookseller; Goadby, Robert, 1721-1778, bookseller; Baker, E., bookseller; Cooper, Myles, 1737-1785, former owner; Stuyvesant, Petrus, former owner; Stuyvesant, Robert Van Rensselaer; John Whiston and Benj. White; King's College (New York, N.Y.). Library
Publisher: Printed for T. Osborne, J. Whiston and B. White, W. Strahan, T. Payne, W. Owen, and W. Johnston, S. Crowder, B. Law, T. Field, T. Durham, J. Robson, R. Goadby, and E. Baker
Published: 1761
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 11
Subjects: Biography; Dictionaries
Other titles: Biographical dictionary; Supplement to the New and general biographical dictionary. 1767.
Notes: "For the lives of authors, we have had recourse to their works; and for the lives of others, to the best memoirs that are extant concerning them." -- v. 1, preface (p. vii).

License to print granted to William Owen and William Johnston: v. 1, p. [2], at start.

"List of the lives": v. 1, [14] p. at end.

Volumes 7-11 have imprint date of 1762.

"A twelfth volume entitled 'A supplement to the New and general biographical dictionary' was published in 1767."--ESTC(RLIN).

University Archives copy: This book was in the library of King's College (as Columbia University was then named) before 1776.

University Archives copy: Volumes 1-2 and 4-10 with early binding and the book plate of Myles Cooper.

University Archives copy: This dictionary was once the property of Myles Cooper, second President of King's College, and was given by him to Robert Van Rensselair Stuyvesant's great grandfather, Petrus Stuyvesant, a grandson of Governor Peter Stuyvesant. Inscribed on t.p. verso of v.1: "Petrus Stuyvesant / Bouwerie House / New York / 1775" and "Gift of Robert Van Rensselaer Stuyvesant / New York / Jan 1st 1914."

English short title catalogue (ESTC), T138965

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Table of contents: title: v. 1. A-Ayl; title: v. 2. B-Bzo; title: v. 3. C-Cyr; title: v. 4 D-Eut; title: v. 5. F-Gow; title: v. 6. Gra-Hyp; title: v. 7. J-Liv; title: v. 8. Loc-Nye; title: v. 9. O-Pop; title: v. 10. Por-Sto; title: v. 11. Stow-Zui