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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 4 A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, John Walker |
| Editor | John Walker |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2007 |
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