A history of the heathen mythology; or, The fables of the ancients elucidated from historical records. An important key to the classics. To which is added, an enquiry into the religion of the first inhabitants of Great Britain. And a particular account of the ancient Druids (1806)
Tressan, M. l'abbé de, 1749-1809, North, H., tr · London, Printed for B. Crosby and Co. · leaf 168
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Mythology, Classical · Druids and druidism
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