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| Title | Of the Origin and Progress of Language, Volume 3 Of the Origin and Progress of Language, Lord James Burnett Monboddo |
| Author | Lord James Burnett Monboddo |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Balfour, 1786 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 22 Feb 2006 |
| ISBN | 0598767088, 9780598767080 |
| Length | 514 pages |
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