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The recuyell of the historyes of Troye

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: & finished on the fourteenth day of October, 1892.
Call number: 108438
Creator: Lefèvre, Raoul (active 1460)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 30 cm (4to)
Associated people: Sparling, H. Halliday (approximately 1422-1491 or 1492,); Caxton, William, (1834-1896,); Morris, William,; Berger, Sanford,; Berger, Helen,
Associated organizations: Kelmscott Press,; Bernard Quaritch (Firm),
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