A collection of interesting biography
Subtitle: containing I. The life of S. Johnson, LL.D., abridged principally from Boswell's celebrated memoirs of the doctor : II. the life of Mr. Elwes (abridged) by Captain Topham : III. the life of Captain Cook (abridged) by Dr. Kippis
By: the whole revised and abridged by Sir Andrew Anecdote
Contributors: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811?, ill; Barlow, Inigo, active 1790, engraver; Brewman, Draper, -1813, bookseller; Locke, W., bookseller; Beale, T., former owner; Boswell, James, 1740-1795; Topham, Edward, 1751-1820; Kippis, Andrew, 1725-1795; Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library); Boswell, James, 1740-1795; Kippis, Andrew, 1725-1795
Publisher: Printed for the editor and sold by D. Brewman ... W. Locke ... and all other booksellers
Published: 1791
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Biography
Notes: Engraved frontispiece by Barlow after Cruikshank.

Pottle, F.A. Boswell, 102

ESTC N44504