The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: To the Time of Dean Swift, 5. köideR. Griffiths, 1753 - 358 pages |
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| Pealkiri | The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: To the Time of Dean Swift, 5. köide 5. köide of 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, Theophilus Cibber The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: To the Time of Dean Swift, Theophilus Cibber |
| Autorid | Theophilus Cibber, Robert Shiells |
| Editor | Thomas Coxeter |
| Compiled by | Robert Shiells |
| Publisher | R. Griffiths, 1753 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 23 sept. 2005 |
| ISBN | 059889294X, 9780598892942 |
| Length | 358 pages |
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