Biographia Britannica: . or, the lives of the most eminent persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the earliest ages, ... collected from the best authorities, ... and digested in the manner of Mr. Bayle's Historical and critical dictionary. The second edition, with corrections, enlargements, and the addition of new lives: by Andrew Kippis, ... With the assistance of other gentlemen. ...
Andrew Kippis (1725-1795)
Category
Books
Date
1778
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 3003155
Summary
Bibliographic description
5v. . fol.. manuscript inscription on flyleaf of v.1: John Wilkes Esq from the editor [i.e. Andrew Kippis (1725-1795) probably to John Wilkes (1725-1797)]. Provenance: Armorial bookplate: The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli. Binding: Eighteenth-century half calf with marbled boards.
Makers and roles
Andrew Kippis (1725-1795), editor