Sketches of the History of Man: In Four Volumes, Volume 1W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, and W. Creech, 1778 - Civilization |
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| Title | Sketches of the History of Man: In Four Volumes, Volume 1 Volume 1 of Sketches of the History of Man, Lord Henry Home Kames Sketches of the History of Man: In Four Volumes, Lord Henry Home Kames |
| Author | Lord Henry Home Kames |
| Publisher | W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, and W. Creech, 1778 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2006 |
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