Roman Conversations: Or, A Short Description of the Antiquities of Rome: Interspersed with Characters of Eminent Romans; and Reflections, Religious and Moral, on Roman History, Volume 2 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Roman Conversations: Or, A Short Description of the Antiquities of Rome: Interspersed with Characters of Eminent Romans; and Reflections, Religious and Moral, on Roman History, Volume 2 Roman Conversations: Or, A Short Description of the Antiquities of Rome: Interspersed with Characters of Eminent Romans; and Reflections, Religious and Moral, on Roman History, Joseph Wilcocks |
| Author | Joseph Wilcocks |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | R. Bickerstaff, 1797 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Jun 2007 |
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