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Letters addressed to Sir John Sinclair, bart., respecting the mode of living, arts, commerce, literature, manners, &c., of Edinburgh, in 1763, and since that period ...with some account of the physical phenomena in Scotland for the last 15 years. By W. Creech., Edinburgh, 1793. 52 p. 8°. * C p.v. 787

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