The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Hist. and Crit. Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time. Arnul - Barnes, Volume 3Nichols, 1812 - 523 pages |
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