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"THE SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF LEARNING."
Atto, Clayton

   

- Oxford : Oxford University Press 1938
- 8vo.
- stiff paper wrappers
- pp. 263-288
- Order Nr. 102101
- Price: $ 15.00



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Article in The Library , Fourth Series, Volume XIX, Number 3, December 1938. Corners bumped.

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