Biographia britannica
Subtitle: or, The lives of the most eminent persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the earliest ages, to the present times : collected from the best authorities, printed and manuscript, and digested in the manner of Mr. Bayle's Historical and critical dictionary.
Contributors: Kippis, Andrew, 1725-1795.; Towers, Joseph, 1737-1799.; Strahan, William, 1715-1785, printer.; Strahan, Andrew, d. 1831, printer.; Bathurst, Charles, bookseller.
Edition: 2nd ed., with corrections, enlargements, and the addition of new lives, by Andrew Kippis .... with the assistance of other gentlemen.
Publisher: Printed by W. and A. Strahan for C. Bathurst, [etc., etc.]
Published: 1778
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Great Britain -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
Genres: Biography; Dictionaries.
Notes: Vols. 2-5, "with the assistance of Joseph Towers and other gentlemen."

Vol. 3 has imprint: Printed by J. Rivington, jun. for C. Bathurst [etc.]: v. 4: Printed by Rivington and Marshall, for J. Rivington and sons [etc.]: v. 5: Printed by J. Nichols, for T. Longman [etc.]

Errata, vol. 1, p. [xxii]

WSU MASC has vols. 1 and 2 only.

WSU MASC copy is: 002-101236784, v. 1 ; 002-101236792, v. 2.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. A-Bathurst, Ralph.; title: v. 2.Bathurst, Allen-Bull.; title: v. 3. Bulleyn-Coke.; title: v. 4. Cole-Davis.; title: v. 5. Davis-Fastolff.