Lempriéres biographical dictionary : or, Sketches of the lives of celebrated characters in every age and nation

Two columns to the page "Embracing warriors, heroes, poets, philosophers, politicians, statesmen, lawyers, physicians, divines, discoveries, inventors, and generally, all such individuals, as from the earliest periods of history to the present time, have been distinguished among mankind; abridged from Lempriere's Biographical dictionary, and containing every article in that work, with additions of several hundred names, from Allen, Walker, Jones, and others; to which is added, a Dictionary of the principal divinities and heroes of Grecian and Roman mythology; and notices of one hundred eminent living individuals: with an appendix, containing sketches of the lives and characters of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson"--T.p Book, leather; front and back covers detached, loose pages, spine chipped Includes holograph markings in ink on rear leaves: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams; Great men's names are rarely forgot 18