A Trip to Mexico: Or Recollections of a Ten-months Ramble in 1849-50 |
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Page 9 - Artillery, &c. &c. Edited by Dr. HUGH FALCONER. The Fossil Bones drawn from Nature and on Stone by GH FORD and Assistants. •.• The work will be completed in about Twelve Parts, each containing twelve folio plates.
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