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The works with a life and notes. 4 vols. London, Bohn 1854. 1 engraved portrait frontispiece, 4 woodcut title-pages and 2 woodcut plates. Zt. with gilt stamped. Rtitle. Graesse III, 113 a. Lowndes 910 mention an edition edited by Cunnigham only from 1855. - Partly uncut a. almost spotless.

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The works with a life and notes. 4 vols. London, Bohn 1854. 1 engraved portrait frontispiece, 4 woodcut title-pages and 2 woodcut plates. Zt. with gilt stamped. Rtitle. Graesse III, 113 a. Lowndes 910 mention an edition edited by Cunnigham only from 1855. - Partly uncut a. almost spotless.

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