Life in early Britain; being an account of the early inhabitants of this island and the memorials which they have left behind them

Windle Bertram Coghill Alan Sir 1858-1929

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• Great Britain
• Antiquities

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 30
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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BY
A. WINDLEBERTRAM C.
M.A., Trinity College, DublinD.Sc, M.D.,
(LoND. & Irel.)F.S.A.
FACULTY AND PROFESSOR OF ANATOMYDEAN OF THE MEDICAL
MASON COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM
PVITH MAPS, PL^NS, AND ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON
DAVID NUTT, STRAND270-271,
1897Hanson &^ Co.by Ballantyne,Printed
Ballautyne PressAt the