A biographical dictionary of the living authors of Great Britain and Ireland : comprising 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 : illustrated by a variety of communications from persons of the first eminence in the world of letters

Folger bibliographic ID: 53075
Folger call number: Z2010 .B61 1816 Cage
Folger holdings ID: 54492
Accession Number: cs1623

General notes

"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 The work is sometimes attributed to William Upcott

Item information about Folger Z2010 .B61 1816 Cage

Autograph: Edwin Maynard. Front material contains a manuscript description of the work

Extended title: A biographical dictionary of the living authors of Great Britain and Ireland : comprising 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 : illustrated by a variety of communications from persons of the first eminence in the world of letters

English literature Authors, English

author: Watkins, John, active 1792-1831
author: Shoberl, Frederic, 1775-1853
attributed name: Upcott, William, 1779-1845
former owner: Maynard, Edwin, 1779-1845