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Volney's Ruins, or, meditation on the Revolutions of empires

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1835.
Call number: 67515
Creator: Volney, C.-F (1757-1820)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 17 cm
Associated people: Daru, Pierre-Antoine-Noël-Bruno, (1767-1829.); Barlow, Joel, (1754-1812.)
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