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| Title | The Public Buildings of London and Westminster Described ... Little library |
| Author | Frederic Shoberl |
| Publisher | John Harris, 1838 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 3 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 215 pages |
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