Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century

Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer, Printer, F.S.A., and Many of his Learned Friends

By:

John Nichols

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century 9 Volume Set

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In this nine-volume work, published between 1812 and 1815, the author and publisher John Nichols (1745–1826) provides biographical notes on publishers, writers and artists of the eighteenth century, and also gives 'an incidental view of the progress and advancement of literature in this kingdom during the last century'. (A shorter version had been published in 1782.) His subjects range from the publisher William Bowyer to Henry Fielding and Horace Walpole, and also include histories of individual publishing houses and of genres such as lexicography. The work remains a useful source of biographical material on authors and publishers at a period when many of the literary genres we take for granted, such as the novel, the autobiography and the analytical history, were first being developed. Volume 6 includes essays on the Gentlemen's Society at Spalding and the Society of Antiquaries, as well as many individual memoirs.

Release date Australia

August 28th, 2014

Author

John Nichols

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

1 Plates, black and white

Pages

554

Series

Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century 9 Volume Set

Dimensions

140x216x31

ISBN-13

9781108074124

Product ID

22275708

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