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Title: Universal historical dictionary, or, Explanation of the names of persons and places in the departments of Biblical, political, and ecclesiastical history, mythology, heraldry, biography, bibliography, geography, and numismatics
Year: 1833 (1830s)
Authors: Crabb, George, 1778-1851
Subjects: History
Publisher: London : Printed for Baldwin and Cradock, and J. Dowding
Contributing Library: National Library of Scotland
Digitizing Sponsor: National Library of Scotland

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