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1811 52 VOL. BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA iFRENCH

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Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne; ou, Histoire, par ordre alphabetique, de la vie publique et privee de tous les hommes qui se sont fait remarquer pars leurs ecrits, leurs actions, leurs talents, leurs vertus ou leurs crimes. Ouvrage entierement neuf / Redige par une societe de gens de lettres et de savants
Paris: Chez Michaud Freres, 1811-1828
52 volumes (incomplete set)
Octavo, 5 1/2 by 8 1/4"
Leather bound (spines rebacked, later marbled endpapers, minor wear)
Text in French.

Reserve: $800.00

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