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Shorebirds

An Illustrated Behavioural Ecology

By: Jan van de Kam,Bruno Ens,Theunis Piersma,Leo Zwarts

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Shorebirds

An Illustrated Behavioural Ecology

By: Jan van de Kam,Bruno Ens,Theunis Piersma,Leo Zwarts

Shorebirds are the most visible inhabitants of coastal wetlands worldwide. Many undertake spectacularly long flights between their wintering and breeding grounds, embodying the miracle of long-distance migration in a profound way. In this illustrated behavioural ecology the migration, feeding and breeding of these birds are explained in a comprehensive but simple and visually stunning form. The core of the book is based on studies of shorebirds and other waterbirds (such as ducks, geese and gulls) that migrate along the East Atlantic Flyway. The emphasis is on those using the Dutch, German and Danish Wadden Sea; examples from the rest of the world are also included. The authors are experts in the fields of bird migration, shorebird behaviour and intertidal ecology, and have contributed much to our current understanding of these subjects. The 300 magnificent portraits of waterbirds in action were taken by Jan van de Kam, one of The Netherlands' foremost wildlife photographers.

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9004277994

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Abraham Kuyper

A Pictorial Biography

By: Jan de Bruijn

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Abraham Kuyper

A Pictorial Biography

By: Jan de Bruijn

A portraint of Kuyper's life and work in photographs and documents, presented chronologically.--Page ix.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802869661

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The Flexible Phenotype

A Body-Centred Integration of Ecology, Physiology, and Behaviour

By: Theunis Piersma,Jan A. van Gils

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The Flexible Phenotype

A Body-Centred Integration of Ecology, Physiology, and Behaviour

By: Theunis Piersma,Jan A. van Gils

In essence, the authors argue for the existence of direct, measurable, links between phenotype and ecology.

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Oxford University Press

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0199233721

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Fiscal Expectations Under the Stability and Growth Pact

Evidence from Survey Data

By: Mr.Marcos Poplawski-Ribeiro,Jan-Christoph Rülke

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Fiscal Expectations Under the Stability and Growth Pact

Evidence from Survey Data

By: Mr.Marcos Poplawski-Ribeiro,Jan-Christoph Rülke

The paper uses survey data to analyze whether financial market expectations on government budget deficits changed in France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom during the period of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP). Our findings indicate that accuracy of financial expert deficit forecasts increased in France. Convergence between the European Commission's and market experts’ deficit forecasts also increased in France, Italy, and the United Kingdom, particularly during the period after SGP’s reform in 2005. Yet, convergence between markets’ forecasts and those of the French, German, and Italian national fiscal authorities seems not to have increased significantly during the SGP.

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International Monetary Fund

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1455218944

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Materials for Total Joint Arthroplasty

Biotribology of Potential Bearings

By: Robert Sonntag,J. A. N. Philippe KRETZER

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Materials for Total Joint Arthroplasty

Biotribology of Potential Bearings

By: Robert Sonntag,J. A. N. Philippe KRETZER

The replacement of a degenerated joint such as the hip and knee is one of the most outstanding interventions that allows the medical community to restore the patient's quality of life. However, today's patient is increasingly younger and more active and this presents a challenge for the orthopaedic community as a greater demand has been created for a longer lasting artificial joint that can allow the patient to maintain their lifestyle and thus new approaches in biotribology have been focused on this area of research. This invaluable book provides a broad introduction to the boundary conditions, developments and latest research activities already available to the surgeon and offers an insight into solutions being developed for new high performance bearings in joint replacements. The contributors are leading experts in their field and this is the first complete volume to bring together such unique insights. Orthopaedic engineers, surgeons and researchers concerned with new biomaterials would find this a vital reference volume to evaluate the latest state of research in the area."--

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World Scientific

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1783267178

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Megalithic Research in the Netherlands, 1547-1911

From "giant's Beds" and "pillars of Hercules" to Accurate Investigations

By: Jan Albert Bakker

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Megalithic Research in the Netherlands, 1547-1911

From "giant's Beds" and "pillars of Hercules" to Accurate Investigations

By: Jan Albert Bakker

In the Introduction, a brief general review is given of the present knowledge and ideas about the Hunebed Builders, who lived some 5000 years ago during the Stone Age.

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Sidestone Press

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9088900345

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9789088900341

A History of Christianity in Indonesia

By: Karel Steenbrink,Jan S. Aritonang

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A History of Christianity in Indonesia

By: Karel Steenbrink,Jan S. Aritonang

Indonesia is the home of the largest single Muslim community of the world. Its Christian community, about 10% of the population, has until now received no overall description in English. Through cooperation of 26 Indonesian and European scholars, Protestants and Catholics, a broad and balanced picture is given of its 24 million Christians. This book sketches the growth of Christianity during the Portuguese period (1511-1605), it presents a fair account of developments under the Dutch colonial administration (1605-1942) and is more elaborate for the period of the Indonesian Republic (since 1945). It emphasizes the regional differences in this huge country, because most Christians live outside the main island of Java. Muslim-Christian relations, as well as the tensions between foreign missionaries and local theology, receive special attention.

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9047441834

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Living on the Edge

Wetlands and Birds in a Changing Sahel

By: Le Zwarts,Rob G. Bijlsma,Jan van der Kamp,Eddy Wymenga

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Living on the Edge

Wetlands and Birds in a Changing Sahel

By: Le Zwarts,Rob G. Bijlsma,Jan van der Kamp,Eddy Wymenga

Living on the Edge' examines the function of the Sahel region of Africa as an important wintering area for long-distance migrant birds. It describes the challenges the birds have to cope with – climate change, of course, and rapid man-made habitat changes related to deforestation, irrigation and reclamation of wetlands. How have all these changes affected the birds, and have birds adapted to these changes? Can we explain the changing numbers of breeding birds in Europe by changes in the Sahel, or vice versa? Winner of the BB/BTO Best Bird Book Award 2010 The Jury commented: "It is a tremendous book in every department. It marks a step-change in our knowledge of the ecology of this critically important region in the European-African migration system and of the many species (familiar to us on their breeding grounds) that winter there. The authors combine the latest scientific information with vivid descriptions of landscapes and animals. Their book is richly illustrated with large numbers of drawings, maps and photographs by acclaimed experts. The wealth of coloured graphics has been particularly well thought out and encourages readers to delve into the figures and learn more about the region, rather than having the (all-too-common) opposite effect. Summing up, the jury praises not just the high quality of the texts, the information and the illustrations, but also the sheer pleasure of reading the book: "One of the key attributes of a good book is to be able to grip the reader's attention and transport him or her to another place. We feel confident that [Living on the edge] will have that effect.

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9004278133

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Debating Diversity

Analysing the Discourse of Tolerance

By: Jan Blommaert,Jef Verschueren

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Debating Diversity

Analysing the Discourse of Tolerance

By: Jan Blommaert,Jef Verschueren

An eminently readable analysis on the rhetoric of the 'tolerant majority' - those who view themselves as being open to a diverse society; a rhetoric that is prevalent throughout the media and political world.

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Psychology Press

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0415191378

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Les ailes du Sahel

Zones humides et oiseaux migrateurs dans un environnement en mutation

By: Le Zwarts,Rob G. Bijlsma,Jan van der Kamp,Eddy Wymenga

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Les ailes du Sahel

Zones humides et oiseaux migrateurs dans un environnement en mutation

By: Le Zwarts,Rob G. Bijlsma,Jan van der Kamp,Eddy Wymenga

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9004278125

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Jan H Bakker

By: Jan H Bakker

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Jan H Bakker

By: Jan H Bakker

Jan Bakker vertelt over zijn leven, een leven waarin hij veel heeft meegemaakt. De Tweede Wereldoorlog in het hotel van zijn vader, het Victoria hotel in Groningen. De politionele acties in Indonesië waar hij als dienstplichtig militair bij de MP was ingedeeld. Het Odeon theater in Zwolle waar hij meer dan 20 jaar directeur van was. En niet te vergeten de vele reizen die hij samen met zijn vrouw maakte in Europa, Afrika het Midden-Oosten en Indonesië.

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Lulu.com

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1471016390

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9781471016394

Gutenberg: Was He the Inventor of Printing? an Historical Investigation Embodying a Criticism of Dr. Van Der Linde's "Gutenberg"

By: Jan Hendrik Hessels

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Gutenberg: Was He the Inventor of Printing? an Historical Investigation Embodying a Criticism of Dr. Van Der Linde's "Gutenberg"

By: Jan Hendrik Hessels

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385107385

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The Van Gogh Sisters

By: Willem-Jan Verlinden

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The Van Gogh Sisters

By: Willem-Jan Verlinden

This biography of Vincent van Gogh’s sisters tells the fascinating story of the lives of these women whose history has largely been neglected. Many people are familiar with the life and art of Vincent van Gogh, and his extensive correspondence with his brother Theo. But their sisters—Ana, Lies, and Wil van Gogh—have gone overlooked until now. In this compelling group biography based on extensive primary resources, art historian Willem-Jan Verlinden brings Vincent’s three sisters into the spotlight. At a time when the feminist movement was beginning to take root and idealists were clamoring for revolution, the Van Gogh sisters recorded their aspirations and dreams, their disappointments and grief. Based on little-known correspondence between the sisters, this fascinating account of these remarkable women captures a moment of profound social, economic, and artistic change. With great clarity and empathy, The Van Gogh Sisters relates the sisters’ intimate discussions of art, poetry, books, personal ambitions, and employment. Their story will resonate with readers and broaden understandings of Vincent van Gogh’s childhood. Set against the backdrop of a turbulent period in nineteenth-century history this story sheds new light on these impressive women, deepening our understanding of this unique and often troubled family.

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Thames & Hudson

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0500776490

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Mammals of Africa

By: Jonathan Kingdon,David Happold,Thomas Butynski,Michael Hoffmann,Meredith Happold,Jan Kalina

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Mammals of Africa

By: Jonathan Kingdon,David Happold,Thomas Butynski,Michael Hoffmann,Meredith Happold,Jan Kalina

Mammals of Africa (MoA) is a series of six volumes which describes, in detail, every currently recognized species of African land mammal. This is the first time that such extensive coverage has ever been attempted, and the volumes incorporate the very latest information and detailed discussion of the morphology, distribution, biology and evolution (including reference to fossil and molecular data) of Africa's mammals. With 1,160 species and 16 orders, Africa has the greatest diversity and abundance of mammals in the world. The reasons for this and the mechanisms behind their evolution are given special attention in the series. Each volume follows the same format, with detailed profiles of every species and higher taxa. The series includes some 660 colour illustrations by Jonathan Kingdon and his many drawings highlight details of morphology and behaviour of the species concerned. Diagrams, schematic details and line drawings of skulls and jaws are by Jonathan Kingdon and Meredith Happold. Every species also includes a detailed distribution map. Extensive references alert readers to more detailed information. Volume I: Introductory Chapters and Afrotheria (352 pages) Volume II: Primates (560 pages) Volume III: Rodents, Hares and Rabbits (784 pages) Volume IV: Hedgehogs, Shrews and Bats (800 pages) Volume V: Carnivores, Pangolins, Equids and Rhinoceroses (560 pages) Volume VI: Pigs, Hippopotamuses, Chevrotain, Giraffes, Deer and Bovids (704 pages)

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A&C Black

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1408189968

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9781408189962

Secularisation & Europe

By: Jan M.F. van Reeth,Bernard Pottier,Henryk Sławiński,Filip De Rycke

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Secularisation & Europe

By: Jan M.F. van Reeth,Bernard Pottier,Henryk Sławiński,Filip De Rycke

In 2015 vond aan het Sint-Janscentrum een wetenschappelijk colloquium plaats met internationale sprekers, naar aanleiding van de verjaardag van de val van de Berlijnse Muur. De teksten van de lezingen, die gehouden werden tijdens dit colloquium, zijn nu verzameld in de bundel Secularisation & Europe , een uitgave van uitgeverij Betsaida in samenwerking met de wetenschappelijke uitgeverij van de Pauselijke Universiteit Johannes Paulus II in Krakau.

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Uitgeverij Betsaida

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9491991396

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9789491991394

Sacred History and Sacred Texts in Early Judaism

A Symposium in Honour of A.S. Van Der Woude

By: Jan N. Bremmer,Florentino García Martínez,A. S. van der Woude

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Sacred History and Sacred Texts in Early Judaism

A Symposium in Honour of A.S. Van Der Woude

By: Jan N. Bremmer,Florentino García Martínez,A. S. van der Woude

(Peeters 1992)

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Peeters Publishers

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9039001014

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Averaging Methods in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems

By: Jan A. Sanders,Ferdinand Verhulst,James Murdock

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Averaging Methods in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems

By: Jan A. Sanders,Ferdinand Verhulst,James Murdock

Perturbation theory and in particular normal form theory has shown strong growth in recent decades. This book is a drastic revision of the first edition of the averaging book. The updated chapters represent new insights in averaging, in particular its relation with dynamical systems and the theory of normal forms. Also new are survey appendices on invariant manifolds. One of the most striking features of the book is the collection of examples, which range from the very simple to some that are elaborate, realistic, and of considerable practical importance. Most of them are presented in careful detail and are illustrated with illuminating diagrams.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387489185

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9780387489186

Dutch Decorated Bookbinding in the Eighteenth Century, Volume III

Catalogue of Bindings in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek and the Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum / List of Bindings in Other Collections / Overview of Rubbings Important for Identification / Diagrams / Books Referred to with Abbreviated Titles / Indexes

By: Jan Storm van Leeuwen

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Dutch Decorated Bookbinding in the Eighteenth Century, Volume III

By: Jan Storm van Leeuwen

Awarded with the 15th ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography 2010. This classic can be ranked among the well-known international standard works on the subject of bookbinding. The author, Dr. Jan Storm van Leeuwen, gives in this work an elaborate general historical introduction to his subject. It also contains a general introduction to each province, as they were known in the eigteenth century, and an extensive overall picture of the towns where luxury bindings were manufactured, describing the bookbinder's workshops and binderies of each town. The historical introduction is completed with a catalogue of the approximately 2000 relevant bindings in the collections of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National Library of the Netherlands) and its sister institution the Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum. About 1500 other bindings that the author studied over time in other collections are also described. But the most important feature of this work is that all (nearly 10.000) stamps on these bindings are represented by a picture. Never before so many bindings (3500) have been recorded, described and discussed in such detail and with the benefit of an established model and terminology. The print edition is available as a set of four volumes (9789061943693).

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BRILL

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9004531904

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9789004531901

Turbulent Times and Enduring Peoples

Mountain Minorities in the South-East Asian Massif

By: Jean Michaud,Jan Ovesen

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Turbulent Times and Enduring Peoples

Mountain Minorities in the South-East Asian Massif

By: Jean Michaud,Jan Ovesen

Scattered across the South-East Asian massif, a few dozen ethnic groups (numbering around 50 million) maintain highly original cultural identities and political and economic traditions, against pressure from national majorities. They face the same challenges. The means by which social change has been imposed by the lowlanders are similar from country to country, and the results are comparable. The originality of this book lies in the combination of multi-disciplinary mixing of social anthropology, history and human geography; multi-culturality grouping together several cultural contexts; trans-nationality straddling five countries and bridging the traditional divide between South China and Mainland South-East Asia; and history reaching back 300 years.

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Routledge

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1136827811

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9781136827815

Gutenberg: Was He the Inventor of Printing

By: Jan Hendrik Hessels

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Gutenberg: Was He the Inventor of Printing

By: Jan Hendrik Hessels

Antiquæ Libri - The Archaeology of the Book - ATB-1302 --In this volume Jan Hendrik Hessels takes a critical look at the question "who invented printing with movable type"? While he affirms that Gutenberg was an important printer he does not feel that there was enough evidence to state that he was the inventor. Hessels was also the translator of Van der Linde's volume "The Haarlem legend of the invention of printing by Lourens Janszoon Coster

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Lulu.com

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1300819081

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9781300819080

Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible, and the Ancient Near East

By: Jan N. Bremmer

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Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible, and the Ancient Near East

By: Jan N. Bremmer

This book greatly enhances our knowledge of the interrelationship of Greek religion & culture and the Ancient Near East by offering important analyses of Greek myths, divinities and terms like a ~magica (TM) and 'paradise', but also of the Greek contribution to the Christian notion of atonement.

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9004164731

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9789004164734

Journal of Medieval Military History

Soldiers, Weapons and Armies in the Fifteenth Century

By: Jan Van Camp

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Journal of Medieval Military History

Soldiers, Weapons and Armies in the Fifteenth Century

By: Jan Van Camp

This series debates aspects of medieval warfare, and this volume deals with warfare in the 15th century in particular.

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Boydell & Brewer Ltd

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1843836688

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Dutch Decorated Bookbinding in the Eighteenth Century, Volume IIB

Zeeland / Province of Utrecht / Friesland / Province of Groningen / Drente / Overijssel / Gelderland / Noord Brabant / Limburg / Place Unknown or Irrelevant / Bindings in Exceptional Materials

By: Jan Storm van Leeuwen

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Dutch Decorated Bookbinding in the Eighteenth Century, Volume IIB

Zeeland / Province of Utrecht / Friesland / Province of Groningen / Drente / Overijssel / Gelderland / Noord Brabant / Limburg / Place Unknown or Irrelevant / Bindings in Exceptional Materials

By: Jan Storm van Leeuwen

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