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The corner cupboard, or, Facts for everybody : embracing facts about I. Things not generally known ; II. Things that ought to be known; III. Things worth knowing; The food we consume; the clothing we wear; the house we live in; and facts from the arts and sciences, as well as from literature, manufacture, commerce, anatomy, physiology, the garden and field : illustrated with over 1,000 engravings : The whole forming a complete cyclopedia of useful knowledge

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1859]
Call number: 487685
Creator: Philp, Robert Kemp (1819-1882)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Wilmot Gordon, December 1987. Authograph signature of Mrs. N.G. Burnham and "Burnham" blind stamped above.
Dimensions: 19 cm
Associated people: Gordon, Wilmot,
Associated organization: Dick & Fitzgerald,
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