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mei/02126169 RES-X-724
[02126169]
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France (FR)
: RES-X-724
hostItemIdic00493000
authorChrysoloras, Emanuel
titleErotemata [Greek & Latin] (In the redaction of Guarinus Veronensis)
imprint[Vicenza : Printer of Chrysoloras, 'Erotemata', about 1475-76]