The Channel Islands: Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, etc. [The results of a two years' residence] / By Henry D. Inglis.

  • Inglis, Henry D. (Henry David), 1795-1835.
Date:
1835
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Channel Islands: Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, etc. [The results of a two years' residence] / By Henry D. Inglis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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