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| 005 | $ 20220128162123.5 | ||
| 100 | 1 | # | $a Lemprière, John $d 1765?-1824. |
| 245 | 1 | 2 | $a A Classical Dictionary; Containing A Copious Account Of All The Proper names Mentioned In Ancient Authors, With The Value Of Coins, Weights, And Measures, Used Among The Greeks And Romans, And A Chronological Table. By J. Lempriere, D.D. |
| 260 | # | # | $a London: $b Printed For T. Cadell And W. Davies In The Strand. $c 1804. |
| 300 | # | # | $a xxiv, [952] p. ; $c 270 mm. (Quarto.) |
| 505 | # | # | $a [T.p., dedic.] - Preface - A Chronological table, From The Creation Of The World To The Fall Of The Roman Empire In The West, And In The East [i.e. 4004 B.C. to 1453 A.D.] - [Text]; [colophon] - [Advertisement]. |
| 508 | # | # | $a The printers' names are given on the title-page verso and in the colophon: 'Printed by Strahan and Preston, New-Street Square, London.' |
| 520 | # | # | $a Lempriere had published the first edition of his dictionary as a twenty-three-year-old undergraduate in 1788, under the title Bibliotheca classica (Reading: T. Cadell). Its brief but readable entries made it immediately popular - the poet Keats is known to owned at least two copies - and it has been reprinted many times since. |
| 561 | # | # | $a 5 March 1810: Purchase agreed on recommendation of John Flaxman (see RA Council Minutes IV, 199-200). Acquired by 1821 (see A Catalogue of the Library in the Royal Academy, London, 1821, p. 27). |
| 563 | # | # | $a 19th-century half green morocco, green cloth-covered boards; rebacked in 20th century retaining earlier brown morocco spine-label lettered 'Lempriere's Classical Dictionary'. |
| 653 | # | # | $a Greeks - Romans - Celebrities - Greece - Rome - Mediterranean Region - Civilization - History |
| 655 | # | 0 | $a Dictionaries - Reference books - Biography - 19th century |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Strahan $e printer |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Preston $e printer |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a cadell $e publisher |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Davies, William $e publisher |
| 710 | 2 | # | $a Strahan and Preston $e printer. |
| 710 | 2 | # | $a Cadell and Davies $e publisher. |
| 852 | 8 | # | $d 1821: E-4-06. |