Catalogue of the Rhaeto-Romanic Collection Presented to the Library by Willard Fiske (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Rhaeto-Romanic Collection Presented to the Library by Willard Fiske Inserted is Annunzia da mort, a notice of the death of Caderas, issued in behalf of his friends by A. Fanconi, Samedan, 25 Nov. 1891. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




Catalogue of the Rhaeto-Romanic Collection (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Rhaeto-Romanic Collection First edition of the Bible in the Lower Engadine dialect, and the first book printed at Scuol. Brunet. Suppl. I. 129. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.







The Speaker


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Webster's New Encyclopedic Dictionary


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The most accurate and authoritative dictionary with 30 subject-specific reference guides, more than 200,000 entries, definitions, facts, and figures, and 32 up-to-date full-color maps of the world. Available in hardcover and paperback! Over 400,000 sold!