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The promised visit : including an account of the various methods of manufacturing paper in different countries : to which are annexed, fifty questions, with a view to impress the subject on the youthful mind

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1818.
Call number: 493865
Creator: Vaux, Frances Bowyer (1785-1854)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Michael Gene Maddigan, September 1993.
Dimensions: 15 cm
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