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| Title | The Topographer: Containing a Variety of Original Articles, Illustrative of the Local History and Antiquities of England, Volume 2 |
| Editor | Sir Egerton Brydges |
| Publisher | Robson and Clarke, 1790 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 8 Jun 2007 |
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