Things Not Generally Known. Popular Errors Explained and IllustratedBoD – Books on Demand, 2022-05-14 - 260 psl. Reprint of the original, first published in 1862. |
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The following are the more characteristic Articles | 4 |
ERRORS RESPECTING THE EÇOXOMY OF | 28 |
ERRORS IN NATURAL HISTORI | 92 |
FABULOUS ANIMALS | 117 |
SUPERSTITION AND CREDULITY | 130 |
ERROXEOUS LAW AND CUSTOMS | 191 |
MISCELLANEA | 230 |
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Things Not Generally Known– Popular Errors Explained & Illustrated ... John Timbs Visos knygos peržiūra - 1858 |
Things Not Generally Known Popular Errors Explained and Illustrated, a Book ... John Timbs Visos knygos peržiūra - 1862 |
Things not generally known. Popular errors explained and illustrated John Timbs Visos knygos peržiūra - 1858 |
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