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| Title | Catalogue of the Singularly Curious ... and Valuable Library of Edward Skegg ...: Which Will be Sold by Auction by Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby, April 4, 1842 ... |
| Author | Edward Skegg |
| Published | 1842 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 25 Aug 2006 |
| Length | 155 pages |
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