A Pilgrimage to Egypt: Embracing a Diary of the Explorations on the Nile; with Observations Illustrative of the Manners, Customs, and Institutions of the People, and of the Present Condition of the Antiquities and Ruins ...Gould and Lincoln, 1852 - 383 pages |
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A Pilgrimage to Egypt: Embracing a Diary of Explorations on the Nile; With ... Jerome Van Crowninshield Smith No preview available - 2018 |
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