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THE HISTORY OF EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS. By Charles Mackay, LL.D. The Third Edition. Illustrated with One Hundred and Twenty Engravings, from scarce Prints and other authentic sources.
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BONNECHOSE’S HISTORY OF FRANCE. The first English Edition. Translated by W. Robson, Esq., Translator of Michaud’s “History of the Crusades,” &c. With Illustrations and Index.
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FELICE’S HISTORY OF THE PROTESTANTS OF FRANCE, from the Commencement of the Reformation to the Present Time. Translated from the Revised and Corrected Edition.
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