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• English literature -- Bibliography -- Early works to 1800
• English literature -- Early works to 1800
• Bio-bibliography -- Early works to 1800

• Ioannis Pitsei Angli, S. Theologiae Doctoris ... : Relationum historicarum de rebus anglicis, tomus primus quatuor partes complectens, quorum elenchum pagina sequens indicat (Apud Rolinum Thierry et Sebastianum Cramoisy, viâ Iacobaea, 1619), by John Pits and William Bishop (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, ed. by John W. Cousin (frame- and JavaScript-dependent HTML at Bibliomania)
• A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland and Ireland; With Lists of Their Works (enlarged and continued; 5 volumes; London: Printed for J. Scott, 1806), by Horace Walpole and Thomas Park
  • Volume I: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume II: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume III: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume IV: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume V: multiple formats at Google
• A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, With Lists of Their Works (new edition; Edinburgh: Printed for W.H. Lunn, et al., 1796), by Horace Walpole (multiple formats at Google)
• A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature (London: J.M. Dent; New York: E. P. Dutton, 1910), by John W. Cousin (Gutenberg text)
• Célébrités anglaises; essais et études biographiques et littéraires (Firmin-Didot et cie, 1895), by Jules Lefèvre-Deumier (page images at HathiTrust)
• A supplement to Allibone's Critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors. Containing over thirty-seven thousand articles (authors), and enumerating over ninety-three thousand titles. (J. B. Lippincott company, 1891), by John Foster Kirk and S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust)
• A literary and biographical history, or bibliographical dictionary, of the English Catholics, from the breach with Rome, in 1534, to the present time ... (Burns & Oates;, 1885), by Joseph Gillow (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A dictionary of English authors, biographical and bibliographical (K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., ltd., 1904), by R. Farquharson Sharp (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A short biographical dictionary of English literature. (J. M. Dent & sons ltd.;, 1925), by John W. Cousin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A brief handbook of English authors (Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1884), by Oscar Fay Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• A critical dictionary of English literature, and British and American authors, living and deceased, from the earliest accounts to the middle of the nineteenth century. Containing thirty thousand biographies and literary notices, with forty indexes of subjects. (J. B. Lippincott & co. [etc.], 1858), by S. Austin Allibone and J.B. Lippincott & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• A literary and biographical history, or bibliographical dictionary, of the English Catholics, from the breach with Rome, in 1534, to the present time. (B. Franklin, 1963), by Joseph Gillow (page images at HathiTrust)
• Literary memoirs of living authors of Great Britain, arranged according to an alphabetical catalogue of their names; and including a list of their works, with occasional opinions upon their literary character ... (Printed for R. Faulder, 1798), by David Rivers (page images at HathiTrust)
• A brief handbook of English authors (Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1892), by Oscar Fay Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• 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. (Printed for H. Colburn, 1816), by William Upcott, Frederic Shoberl, and John Watkins (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of English authors, biographical and bibliographical; being a compendious account of the lives and writings of 700 British writers from the year 1400 to the present time. (G. Redway, 1897), by R. Farquharson Sharp (page images at HathiTrust)
• A critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors, living and deceased, from the earliest accounts to the latter half of the nineteenth century. Containing over forty-six thousand articles (authors), with forty indexes of subject. (J. B. Lippincott & co., 1871), by S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors, living and deceased : from the earliest accounts to the middle of the nineteenth century (Childs & Peterson, 1859), by S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust)
• A critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors : living and deceased, from the earliest accounts to the latter half of the nineteenth century; containing over forty-six thousand articles (authors), with forty indexes of subject (Lippincott, 1872), by S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust)
• A critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors, living and deceased from the earliest accounts to the latter half of the nineteenth century. (J. P. Lippincott, 1899), by S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A supplement to Allibone's Critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors : Containing over thirty-seven thousand articles (authors), and enumerating over ninety-three thousand titles (J. B. Lippincott, 1899), by John Foster Kirk and S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust)
• A brief handbook of English authors, (Houghton, Mifflin, 1889), by Oscar Fay Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• A supplement to Allibone's Critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors. Containing over thirty-seven thousand articles (authors), and enumerating over ninety three thousand titles. (J. B. Lippincott company, 1896), by John Foster Kirk and S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust)
• Contributions to English literature by the civil servants of the crown and East India company from 1794 to 1863. With occasional biographical notes. (Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1865), by Leopold Charles Martin (page images at HathiTrust)
• A supplement to Allibone's Critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors : containing over thirty-seven thousand articles (authors), and enumerating over ninety three thousand titles. (J. B. Lippincott company, 1897), by John Foster Kirk and S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust)
• A short biographical dictionary of English literature (J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. ;, 1912), by John W. Cousin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A literary and biographical history; or, Bibliographical dictionary of the English Catholics from the breach with Rome, in 1534, to the present time. (Burt Franklin, 1962), by Joseph Gillow (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A brief handbook of English authors (Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1885), by Oscar Fay Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England (Printed for W. H. Lunn [and] J. Mundell & Co., 1796), by Horace Walpole (page images at HathiTrust)
• A critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors, living and deceased, from the earliest account to the latter half of the nineteenth century. : Containing over forty-six thousand articles (authors), with forty indexes of subjects (J. B. Lippincott company, 1888), by S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust)
• A New catalogue of living English authors: with complites lists of their publications, and biographical and critical memoirs ... vol. I. (Printed for C. Clarke, 1799) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of English authors, biographical and bibliographical; being a compendious account of the lives and writings of 700 British writers from the year 1400 to the present time. (G. Redway, 1898), by R. Farquharson Sharp (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors, living and deceased, from the earliest accounts to the latter half of the nineteenth century. Containing over forty-six thousand articles (authors) with forty indexes of subjects. (J.B. Lippincott company, 1891), by S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust)
• A brief handbook of English authors. (Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1886), by Oscar Fay Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• A critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors, living and deceased, from the earliest accounts to the latter half of the nineteenth century. Containing over forty-six thousand articles (authors), with forty indexes of subjects. (J. B. Lippincott company, 1890), by S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Brief Handbook of English Authors, by Oscar Fay Adams (Gutenberg ebook)

• A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, From the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century (3 volumes; Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1891-1908), by S. Austin Allibone
  • Volume I (introduction, and A-L): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (M-S): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (T-Z, and indexes): multiple formats at archive.org
• A Supplement to Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors (2 volumes; Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1902), by John Foster Kirk, contrib. by S. Austin Allibone
  • Volume I (A-G): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (H-Z): multiple formats at archive.org
• A Literary and Biographical History, or Bibliographical Dictionary, of the English Catholics, From the Breach with Rome, in 1534, to the Present Time (5 volumes; London: Burns and Oates; New York: Catholic Pub. Society Co., ca. 1885-1895), by Joseph Gillow
  • Volume I (Abbot-Curr): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (Dacre-Gradwell): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (Graham-Kemble): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (Kemeys-Metham): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (Meynell-Zoone): multiple formats at archive.org
• Allibone's Dictionary of English literature and British and American authors (Lippincott, 1874), by S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust)
• Allibone's dictionary of English literature and British and American authors (J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1870), by S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust)

• A brief handbook of English authors (Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1885), by Oscar Fay Adams (page images at HathiTrust)

• Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, ed. by John W. Cousin (frame- and JavaScript-dependent HTML at Bibliomania)
• A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature (London: J.M. Dent; New York: E. P. Dutton, 1910), by John W. Cousin (Gutenberg text)
• The American literary yearbook. (P. Traub., 1919), by Hamilton Paul Traub (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of authors whose works are published by Houghton, Mifflin and company. (The Riverside press, 1899), by Houghton Mifflin Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of American authors (Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1905), by Oscar Fay Adams (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• American authors and books, 1640-1940 (Gramercy Pub. Co., 1943), by William Jeremiah Burke and Will David Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
• The one hundred best books by American women during the past hundred years, 1833-1933, as chosen for the National council of women (Associated authors service, 1933), by National Council of Women of the United States and Anita Browne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Selective bibliography of American literature, 1775-1900; a brief estimate of the more important American authors and a description of their representative works (Dial press, 1936), by B. M. Fullerton (page images at HathiTrust)
• A supplement to Allibone's Critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors. Containing over thirty-seven thousand articles (authors), and enumerating over ninety-three thousand titles. (J. B. Lippincott company, 1891), by John Foster Kirk and S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust)
• A short biographical dictionary of English literature. (J. M. Dent & sons ltd.;, 1925), by John W. Cousin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A critical dictionary of English literature, and British and American authors, living and deceased, from the earliest accounts to the middle of the nineteenth century. Containing thirty thousand biographies and literary notices, with forty indexes of subjects. (J. B. Lippincott & co. [etc.], 1858), by S. Austin Allibone and J.B. Lippincott & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cyclopaedia of American literature; embracing personal and critical notices of authors, and selections from their writings. From the earliest period to the present day; with portraits, autographs, and other illustrations. (Scribner, 1855), by Evert A. Duyckinck, John Gilmary Shea, Buckingham Smith, and George L. Duyckinck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cyclopaedia of American literature; embracing personal and critical notices of authors, and selections from their writings. From the earliest period to the present day; with portraits, autographs, and other illustrations. (C. Scribner, 1856), by Evert A. Duyckinck and George L. Duyckinck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Selective bibliography of American literature, 1775-1900; a brief estimate of the more important American authors and a description of their representative works (W.F. Payson, 1932), by B. M. Fullerton (page images at HathiTrust)
• A critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors, living and deceased, from the earliest accounts to the latter half of the nineteenth century. Containing over forty-six thousand articles (authors), with forty indexes of subject. (J. B. Lippincott & co., 1871), by S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A dictionary of American authors. (Gale Research Co., 1969), by Oscar Fay Adams (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors, living and deceased : from the earliest accounts to the middle of the nineteenth century (Childs & Peterson, 1859), by S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust)
• A directory of writers for the literary press, particularly in the United States. (Q.P. Index, 1884), by W. M. Griswold (page images at HathiTrust)
• A brief handbook of American authors (Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1884), by Oscar Fay Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• A critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors : living and deceased, from the earliest accounts to the latter half of the nineteenth century; containing over forty-six thousand articles (authors), with forty indexes of subject (Lippincott, 1872), by S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust)
• A critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors, living and deceased from the earliest accounts to the latter half of the nineteenth century. (J. P. Lippincott, 1899), by S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A supplement to Allibone's Critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors : Containing over thirty-seven thousand articles (authors), and enumerating over ninety-three thousand titles (J. B. Lippincott, 1899), by John Foster Kirk and S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust)
• A supplement to Allibone's Critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors. Containing over thirty-seven thousand articles (authors), and enumerating over ninety three thousand titles. (J. B. Lippincott company, 1896), by John Foster Kirk and S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust)
• A brief handbook of American authors. (Houghton, Mifflin, 1884), by Oscar Fay Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cyclopædia of American literature : embracing personal and critical notices of authors, and selections from their writings, from the earliest period to the present day; with portraits, autographs, and other illustrations / In two volumes. (W. Rutter, 1875), by Evert A. Duyckinck, Michael Laird Simmons, and George L. Duyckinck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cyclopedia of American literature (C. Scribner, 1855), by Evert A. Duyckinck and George L. Duyckinck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Supplement to the Cyclopædia of American literature, including obituaries of authors, continuations of former articles, with notices of earlier and later writers omitted in previous editions. (C. Scribner and company, 1866), by Evert A. Duyckinck (page images at HathiTrust)
• A supplement to Allibone's Critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors : containing over thirty-seven thousand articles (authors), and enumerating over ninety three thousand titles. (J. B. Lippincott company, 1897), by John Foster Kirk and S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust)
• A short biographical dictionary of English literature (J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. ;, 1912), by John W. Cousin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Catalogue of authors whose works are published by Houghton, Mifflin & company (Houghton, 1899), by Houghton Mifflin Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of authors whose works are published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company... (Riverside Press, 1901), by Houghton Mifflin Company and Bruce Rogers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A brief handbook of American authors (Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1885), by Oscar Fay Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• A critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors, living and deceased, from the earliest account to the latter half of the nineteenth century. : Containing over forty-six thousand articles (authors), with forty indexes of subjects (J. B. Lippincott company, 1888), by S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust)
• A critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors, living and deceased, from the earliest accounts to the latter half of the nineteenth century. Containing over forty-six thousand articles (authors) with forty indexes of subjects. (J.B. Lippincott company, 1891), by S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust)
• A critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors, living and deceased, from the earliest accounts to the latter half of the nineteenth century. Containing over forty-six thousand articles (authors), with forty indexes of subjects. (J. B. Lippincott company, 1890), by S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cyclopædia of American literature Supplement to the Cyclopædia of American literature (C. Scribner, 1866), by Evert A. Duyckinck and George L. Duyckinck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cyclopaedia of American literature : embracing personal and critical notices of authors, and selections from their writings, from the earliest period to the present day ; with portraits, autographs, and other illustrations (C. Scribner, 1866), by Evert A. Duyckinck, M. Laird Simons, and George L. Duyckinck (page images at HathiTrust)

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