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The works of Horatio Walpole, earl of Orford (1798)

Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, Vertue, George, 1684-1756, Berry, Mary, 1763-1852, Edwards, James, 1757-1816, G. G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England) · London : Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson ... and J. Edwards ... · leaf 328

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