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MR. HOPPUS'S MEASURER
Author(s): Hoppus, E.
Categories:
Space,
Date:
1811
Location:
London
Publisher:
J.F. Rivington, T. Longman, B. Law, J. Johnson, G.G.J. and J. Robinson, R. Baldwin, W. Goldsmith, J. Bew, S. Hayes, G. and T. Wilkie, Scatcherd and Whitaker, W. Lowndes, J. Taylor, and E. Newbery.
Dimensions:
20 x 8 cm
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