Biographia Britannica; or, The Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the Earliest Ages, Down to the Present Times (7 Volume Set)

William Oldys; Thomas Broughton; John Campbell; et al

London: W. Innys, W. Meadows, J. Walthoe, T. Cox, A. Ward, etc., 1747

1st ed. 6 volume complete set, bound in 7.  Folios, 37 cm.  Bound in contemporary calf. Gilt decorated spine compartments.  Red and black leather spine labels.  Most of the joints split,  covers detached (v.1). Paged continuously, 4387, 260, [60] pages. Title page in red and black. Armorial bookplate. Royal Institute stamp on title page.  Text is clean and unmarked.  "An indispensable work in every English historical library." - Lowndes I, page 205. "Collected from the best authorities, both printed and manuscript, and digested in the manner of Mr. Bayle's Historical and critical dictionary." 

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