Object details

Category
Books
Creator
RECOLLECTIONS OF FRANCE (Author)
BLOWEN, SARAH (Author)
DEMOSSIER, MARION (Author)
PICARD, JEANINE (Author)
CONTEMPORARY FRANCE; VOL. 4 (Author)
Berghahn Books (Publisher)
Production date
2000
Place made
New York
Dimensions

whole: Dimensions: 23cm., Pagination: viii, 264p.

Catalogue number
LBY 03 / 434

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