The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., 1 dalis,21 tomasThomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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