Copy 1, Volume 1
Letters from Barbary, France, Spain, Portugal, &c / By an English officer [i.e. A. Jardine].
- Jardine, Alexander, Colonel, -1799.
- Date:
- 1788
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Letters from Barbary, France, Spain, Portugal, &c / By an English officer [i.e. A. Jardine]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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