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| Title | Catalogue of the Parthenon Circulating Library and Reading Rooms |
| Author | Francis, David G., firm, booksellers, New York |
| Publisher | C.S. Francis, 1834 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 31 Aug 2006 |
| Length | 131 pages |
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