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Three giants, the tallest identified as Charles Byrne and the others as twins, and six spectators including an unidentified lady and dwarf. Etching by J. Kay, 1784, after himself.

Writers: twenty portraits of essayists and novelists. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

Lord Monboddo dalla metafiscia all'antropologia / Antonio Verri.

Of the origin and progress of language / [Anon].

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Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord, 1714-1799

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Of the origin and progress of language / [Anon].