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Title: A new system, or, An analysis of ancient mythology : wherein an attempt is made to divest tradition of fable, and to reduce the truth to its original purity ...
Year: 1774 (1770s)
Authors: Bryant, Jacob, 1715-1804 Basire, James, 1730-1802 Blake, William, 1757-1827
Subjects: Mythology History, Ancient Iran -- Antiquities
Publisher: London : Printed for T. Payne ... : P. Elmsly ... : B. White ... : and J. Walter ...
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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