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082			_a820.92 _bBIO
245	0	2	_aA biographical dictionary of the living authors of Great Britain and Ireland; _bcomprising literary memoirs and anecdotes of their lives, and a chronological register of their publications, with the number of editions printed; including notices of some foreign writers whose works have been occasionally published in England. _cIllustrated by a variety of communications from persons of the first eminence in the world of letters.
260			_aLondon : _bPrinted for H. Colburn, _c1816.
300			_aviii, 449 p. ; _c23 cm.
500			_a"Mr. [Frederic] Shoberl proceeded to assure me, in the presence of his son, that the work was written by [John] Watkins as far as the letter F -- that some dispute with the publisers then arose -- that the materials were thereofore handed over to himself -- and that he completed the work as it now appears." -- Bolton Corney, in Notes & queries, 1st ser., v. 11 (1855) p. 34.
500			_aThe work is sometimes attributed to William Upcott.
650		0	_aEnglish literature _xBio-bibliography _xDictionaries.
650		0	_aAuthors, English _xBiography _xDictionaries.
650		0	_aEnglish literature _xIrish authors _xBio-bibliography _xDictionaries.
650		0	_aAuthors, Irish _xBiography _xDictionaries.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xBiography _xDictionaries.
651		0	_aIreland _xBiography _xDictionaries.
700	1		_aWatkins, John, _dactive 1792-1831.
700	1		_aShoberl, Frederic, _d1775-1853.
700	1		_aUpcott, William, _d1779-1845, _esupposed author.
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