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| Title | Historical Studies Historical Studies, Herman Merivale |
| Author | Herman Merivale |
| Publisher | Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1865 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 14 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 472 pages |
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