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Literary anecdotes and contemporary reminiscences of Professor Porson and others.
Edmund Henry Barker
Published
1852
by J. R. Smith in London
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Written in
Edition Notes
| Genre | Anecdotes |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | PN165 .B3 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 2 v. in 1. |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL23639535M |
| LC Control Number | 11017290 |
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