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Download or read book Manuscripts in the Library of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge written by Kari Anne Rand and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2001 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty-five catalogued manuscripts include major religious works and medical writing - on uroscopy, surgery, bloodletting and pestilence.

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Download or read book A Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge written by Gonville and Caius College. Library and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A Catalogue of the Manuscript in the Library of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge written by John James Smith and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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