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| Title | The Countries of Europe Described: With Anecdotes and Numerous Illustrations |
| Author | Favell Lee Mortimer |
| Publisher | G.S. Appleton, 1850 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | May 1, 2007 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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