[Last will and testament of Alexander Selkirk and supplementary material] 1717.

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[Last will and testament of Alexander Selkirk and supplementary material] 1717.

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Volume containing Alexander Selkirk's 1717 last will and testament, bound together with some holograph memoranda on Selkirk by George Chalmers, and an offprint about Selkirk's will from The Reliquary (1863-4). The Selkirk will is mounted on linen with windows for contemporary endorsements.

[21] p., bound ; 26 cm.

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University of California, Los Angeles

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