Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N. Bosworth assisted by other gentlemen of eminence, 12. kötet |
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| Cím | Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N. Bosworth assisted by other gentlemen of eminence, 12. kötet Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N. Bosworth assisted by other gentlemen of eminence, Olinthus Gilbert Gregory |
| Szerző | John Mason Good |
| Kiadás éve: | 1819 |
| Eredeti forrása | Oxfordi Egyetem |
| Digitalizálva: | 2006. ápr. 18. |
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