Letter : Ile St. Michel [São Miguel Island (Azores)], to Henry Harrisse [in Paris?], 1884 March 22.

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Letter : Ile St. Michel [São Miguel Island (Azores)], to Henry Harrisse [in Paris?], 1884 March 22.

Letter, dated March 22, 1884, in Ile St. Michel in the Azores, to Henry Harrisse, French bibliographer and historian, from Ernesto do Canto, Portuguese bibliographer and author, introducing R.G. Haliburton.

[4] p. (1 folded sheet) ; 21 cm.

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