The Lives of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the time of Dean Swift.
Print Book, English, MDCCLIII [1753]
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Printed for R. Griffiths, at the Dunciad in St. Paul's Church-Yard, London:, MDCCLIII [1753]
Publishers' advertisements England 18th century Griffiths
5 v. ; 19 cm. (12mo)
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Compiled mainly by Robert Shiells with revisions and additions by Theophilus Cibber. Cf. Dict. Nat. Biog
Originally issued in 25 parts; the direction line of the first leaf of each gathering gives the volume and part number
The edition statement appears only under the caption title on p. [1] of v. 1. Only the first (and in some copies also the second)--gathering of v. 1 is of a different setting; in each case, the later setting is distinguished by the lack of a part number in the direction line of the first leaf. The remainder of v. 1 and all of v. 2-5 are identical in both 'editions' (i.e. issues)
In spite of wording on t.p., this was issued in five volumes
An index to all five volumes (headed 'Contents')--is in v. 5