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| Title | Epitome of ancient, mediæval, and modern history, tr. with additions by W.H. Tillinghast |
| Author | Carl Julius Ploetz |
| Translated by | William Hopkins Tillinghast |
| Published | 1884 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 11 May 2007 |
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