The Ansayrii, (or Assassins,): With Travels in the Further East, in 1850-51. Including a Visit to Ninevah, Volume 1 |
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| Title | The Ansayrii, (or Assassins,): With Travels in the Further East, in 1850-51. Including a Visit to Ninevah, Volume 1 The Ansayrii, (or Assassins,): With Travels in the Further East, in 1850-51. Including a Visit to Ninevah, Frederick Walpole Volume 1 of The Ansayrii, and the Assassins, Frederick Walpole |
| Author | Frederick Walpole |
| Publisher | R. Bentley, 1851 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 Jan 2008 |
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