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Warm, contemplative, nostalgic and earnest.
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Richard de Bury
- First published
- 1889
- Pages
- 209
- Publisher
- Parmalat, Printed for the Grolier Club, Insel-Verlag A. Kippenberg
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English, German, Swedish, Italian
- ISBN
- 9783735101396
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