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Original Language: French
Country/Region of Manufacture: America
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
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Book Title: Lettres de la Mse du Chatelet, Reunies Pour la Premiere Fois : Revues Sur les Autographes et les Editions Originales; Augmentees de 37 Lettres Entierement Inedites, de Nombreuses Notes, d'un Index, et Precedees d'une Notice Biographique
Number of Pages: 620 Pages
Language: French
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Topic: Letters
Publication Year: 2017
Item Height: 1.2 in
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Genre: Literary Collections
Item Weight: 28.9 Oz
Author: Gabrielle Emilie Du Chatelet-Lomont
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
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