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MICHAUD -- BIOGRAPHIE UNIVERSELLE, ANCIENNE ET MODERNE, ou histoire, par ordre alphabétique, de la vie publique et privée de tous les hommes (…). Rédigé p. une Société de Gens de lettres et de Savants. Paris, Michaud, 1811-28. 52 vols. 19th c. hcf. w. gilt titles and vol. numbers. (Homogeneous and sound set, but first 20 volumes differ slightly from rest, some minor wear/traces of use to exterior in places, content slightly age-toned and some very light foxing in places).
Without the supplement volumes that were published between 1828 and 1857. - Balay, Guide to Reference Books, AH22: "The most important of the large dictionaries of universal biography, still very useful. […] Michaud is more carefully edited [than Hoefer]."€ 300
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