Lempriere's biographical dictionary, or, Sketches of the lives of celebrated characters in every age and nation : to which is added, a dictionary of the principal divinities and heroes of Grecian and Roman mythology, and notices of one hundred eminent living individuals, with an appendix, containing sketches of the lives and characters of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
| Author/creator | Lemprière, John |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Richmond, Va. : N. White, 1826. |
| Description | 450 p., [1] leaf of plates : ports. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Sketches of the lives of celebrated characters in every age and nation |
| Caption title | Biographical dictionary |
| Variant title | Biographical dictionary, or, Sketches of the lives of celebrated characters in every age and nation |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. |
| Local note | Biography. |
| Local note | 2010AB06600. |
| General note | "Embracing warriors, heroes, poets, philosophers, historians, politicians, statesmen, lawyers, physicians, divines, discoverers, inventors, and generally, all such individuals, as from the earliest periods of history to the present time, have been distinguished among mankind, abridged from Lempriere's biographical dictionary and containing every article in that work, with additions of several hundred names, from Allen, Walker, Jones and others." |
| General note | Two columns to the page. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society. |
| General note | Sabin no. 40017. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |