Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France : including Bourges, Troyes, Reims and Rouen (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 52
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Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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