Prolusiones Historicæ: Or, Essays Illustrative of the Halle of John Halle, Citizen, and Merchant, of Salisbury, in the Reigns of Henry VI. and Edward IV.: with Notes, Illustrative and Explanatory |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Prolusiones Historicæ: Or, Essays Illustrative of the Halle of John Halle, Citizen, and Merchant, of Salisbury, in the Reigns of Henry VI. and Edward IV.: with Notes, Illustrative and Explanatory Volume 1 of Prolusiones Historicae: Or, Essays Illustrative of the Halle of John Halle, Citizen, and Merchant, of Salisbury, in the Reigns of Henry VI. and Edward IV.: with Notes, Illustrative and Explanatory, Edward Duke |
| Author | Edward Duke |
| Publisher | For the author; W.B. Brodie & Company, 1837 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 622 pages |
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