Curiosities of Literature: Consisting of Anecdotes, Characters, Sketches, and Observations, Literary, Critical, and Historical, Volume 1 |
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p. 211-218 a Critical account of the Talmud by Benjamin Disraeli's father
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| Title | Curiosities of Literature: Consisting of Anecdotes, Characters, Sketches, and Observations, Literary, Critical, and Historical, Volume 1 Curiosities of Literature: Consisting of Anecdotes, Characters, Sketches, and Observations, Literary, Critical, and Historical, Isaac Disraeli |
| Author | Isaac Disraeli |
| Publisher | Murray and Highley, 1798 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 8 Sep 2005 |
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