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History of the worsted manufacture in England, from the earliest times; with introductory notices of the manufacture among the ancient nations, and during the middle ages (1857)

James, John, 1811-1867 · London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts; [etc., etc.] · leaf 593

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