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| Author | : John Huxtable Elliott |
| File Size | : 54,9 Mb |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 01 January 1986 |
| ISBN | : 0300044992 |
| Pages | : 774 pages |
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