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| Title | A Guide to the Exhibition in the King's Library Illustrating the History of Printing, Music-printing and Bookbinding |
| Author | British Museum. Department of Printed Books |
| Publisher | order of the Trustees, 1913 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 180 pages |
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