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Title: The builders of Florence
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Brown, J. Wood (James Wood)
Subjects: Architecture
Publisher: New York, E.P. Dutton and company
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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