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wit and humor3

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Chambers, Robert13
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Campan, Mme (1752-1822)3
Kapp, Johann Erhard3
Kapp, Johann Erhard (1696-1756)3
Marie Antoinette, Queen, Consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-17933
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The Percy anecdotes : original and select

Percy, Sholto (1788-1852); Percy, Reuben (1788-1826)

1821

Compiled by Joseph Clinton Robertson and Thomas Byerly (pseuds. Sholto Percy and Reuben Percy). The complete work consists of 40 parts, issued monthly, 1821-23.

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Biographiana (v.1)

Seward, William (1747-1799)

1799

Dedication signed "W. Seward".

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Anecdotes of some distinguished persons : chiefly of the present and two preceding centuries (v.1)

Seward, William (1747-1799)

1795-97

Volume 5 has title: Supplement to the Anecdotes of some distinguished persons. Fronts. in v. 1-4 only.

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Anecdotes of some distinguished persons : chiefly of the present and two preceding centuries (v.2)

Seward, William (1747-1799)

1795-97

Volume 5 has title: Supplement to the Anecdotes of some distinguished persons. Fronts. in v. 1-4 only.

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Anecdotes of some distinguished persons : chiefly of the present and two preceding centuries (v.3)

Seward, William (1747-1799)

1795-97

Volume 5 has title: Supplement to the Anecdotes of some distinguished persons. Fronts. in v. 1-4 only.

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Anecdotes of some distinguished persons : chiefly of the present and two preceding centuries (v.4)

Seward, William (1747-1799)

1795-97

Volume 5 has title: Supplement to the Anecdotes of some distinguished persons. Fronts. in v. 1-4 only.

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