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General History Volume on Lives of Noted Figures
An 18th century advertisement for a multi volume dictionary and biographical collection. It promotes lives of Peter the Great, Petrarch, John Philips, Katherine Philips, and others, with Bayle translations, corrections, and new lives. It lists publishers in London and nearby towns, notes forthcoming April issues, and mentions Original Letters and subscription proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter the Great
Rusia
Petrarch
William Petty
Katherine Philips
John Philips
Bayle
Ohn Peter Barnard
Thomas Birch
Fon Lockman
G. Strahan
J. Glarke
Corhil
L Gray
Poultry
J. Wood
Paternofter Row
J. Shuckburgh
C. Corbet
G. Hawkins
Pleer-street
J. Wilcox
A. Millar
The
Strand
Osborne
Gray’s Inn
J. Brindley
New Bond-street
GC. Ward
R. Chandler
Temple-Bar
York
Scarborough
J. Beccenham
E. Cave
St. John’s Gate
Firs
du Pin
Pitcairne
Pits
Matthew Poole
Christopher Potter
Francis Porter
Bishop Prideaux
Humphry Prideaux