The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth, Band 2

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H. G. Bohn, 1846
 

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Seite 7 - STRUTT'S DRESSES AND HABITS OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND, from the Establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the present time; with an Historical and Critical Inquiry into every branch of Costume.
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