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The subtitle of this eight-volume set is Consisting of Authentic Memoirs and Original Letters of Eminent Persons, and Intended as a Sequel to the 'Literary Anecdotes', which had been published in nine volumes by the author, editor and publisher John Nichols (1745–1826) between 1812 and 1815, and are also reissued in this series. Like its predecessor set, these 'illustrations' are a useful source of biographical material on authors and publishers at a time when many of the literary genres we take for granted, such as the novel, the autobiography and the analytical history, were first being developed. The volumes were published between 1817 and 1858, the project being continued after Nichols' death by his son and grandson. Among the 'eminent persons' included in Volume 6 are the poet Anna Seward, Dr Johnson, the bibliographer Thomas Dibdin, and King George III.

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• Full title: Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century
• Subtitle: Consisting of Authentic Memoirs and Original Letters of Eminent Persons, and Intended as a Sequel to the Literary Anecdotes
• Author: John Nichols
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 942
• EAN: 9781108077392
• ISBN: 1108077390
• ID: 09034949
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 1170 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 53 mm
• Date of publishing: 04. December 2014

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