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Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map (1906)

Jackson, A. V. Williams (Abraham Valentine Williams), 1862-1937 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 557

An illustration from Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map, 1906, leaf 557
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