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A classical dictionary : containing a copious account of all the proper names mentioned in antient authors ; with the value of coins, weights, and measures, used among the Greeks and Romans and a chronological table

Lempiere, John. 1765?-18241789

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A classical dictionary : containing a copious account of all the proper names mentioned in antient authors ; with the value of coins, weights, and measures, used among the Greeks and Romans and a chronological table

Author:

Lempiere, John. 1765?-1824

Imprint:

Reading : printed for T. Cadell, London 1789.

Notes:

This was the standard classical dictionary till recently which Lempiere worked on while he was a master at Reading School. According to some it has never been surpassed as an exhaustive reference work for proper names in classical Greek and Latin literature. Lempiere also has an entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Dewey class:

RUA

Language:

English

Subject:

Lempiere, John. 1765?-1824Local authors -- Reading -- BerkshirePublishers and publishing -- CataloguesMythology, Classical -- Encyclopedias

BRN:

1899669

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