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| Title | A General History of the Christian Era: The social revolution. 9th ed. 1918 Volume 3 of A General History of the Christian Era: For Catholic Colleges and Reading Circles and for Self-instruction, Anthony Guggenberger |
| Author | Anthony Guggenberger |
| Edition | 8 |
| Publisher | B. Herder, 1913 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2006 |
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