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THE MONUMENTAL BRASSES of ENGLAND: a Series of Engravings upon Wood,
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accompanied with Descriptive Notices.
By the Rev. C. FOUTELL, M.A. Rector of Downham Market. Part XII,
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MONUMENTAL BRASSES and SLABS: an Historical and Descriptive Notice of
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THE ROMANCE of the PEERAGE; or, Curiosities of Family History. by GEORGE
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