The lives of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the time of Dean Swift / compiled from ample materials scattered in a variety of books, and especially from the ms. notes of the late ingenious Mr. Coxeter and others, collected for this design, by Mr. Cibber.
| Author/creator | Cibber, Theophilus |
| Other author | Shiells, Robert, -1753. |
| Other author | Coxeter, Thomas, 1689-1747. |
| Format | Microform |
| Publication Info | London : Printed for R. Griffiths, 1753. |
| Description | 5 volumes. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Library of English literature ; LEL 22046-48 Library of English literature ; LEL 22046-48. UNAUTHORIZED |
| General note | Vol. 4, p. 26, 189 and 251 misnumbered "62," "891," and "151" respectively. |
| General note | Title vignettes; decorative initials, head- and tailpieces. |
| General note | On t.-p. of v. 1: ... In four volumes. |
| General note | Title varies slightly; v. 2-5 "by Mr. Cibber and other hands." |
| General note | "Dr. Johnson told Boswell that Cibber ... accepted ten guineas from the booksellers for allowing them to prefix his name to the lives, ad that he had no hand in the authorship of the book, which was mainly written by Robert Shiels (Johnson's amanuensis); but the truth is that Cibber revised and improved the whole work and wrote some of the lives himself, receiving from the booksellers an honorarium of twenty guineas."--Dictionary of national biography. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 3 microfiches : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 22046-48) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | Microforms B300 | ULTRAFICHE LEL 22046-48 | ✔ Available |