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 | Friedrich Schiller - 1849 - 578 pages
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 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1849 - 470 pages
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 | William Clarke - 1850 - 494 pages
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 | Friedrich Wilhelm H. Alexander freiherr von Humboldt - 1850 - 574 pages
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 | John Kitto - 1850 - 478 pages
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 | Charlotte Anne Eaton - 1852 - 520 pages
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 | Pindar - 1852 - 516 pages
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