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Title: Dante and the early astronomers
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Evershed, M. A. (Orr)
Subjects: Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 Astronomy
Publisher: London : Gall & Inglis
Contributing Library: PIMS - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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