Identifier: gri_000033125008542488 (find matches)
Title: A Journey through Albania, and other provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, during the years 1809 and 1810
Year: 1813 (1810s)
Authors: Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869
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Publisher: London, Printed for James Cawthorn, Cockspur Street and sold by Sharpe and Hailes, Piccadilly Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh and N. Mahon, Dublin
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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