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| Título | A treatise on roads |
| Autor | Henry Brooke Parnell (1st baron Congleton.) |
| Edición | 2 |
| Publicado | 1838 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 24 Oct. 2006 |
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