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| Title | Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, written by himself [tr. by sir F.C.L. Wraxall]. Copyright ed, Volume 2 Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, written by himself [tr. by sir F.C.L. Wraxall]. Copyright ed, sir Frederick Charles Lascelles Wraxall (3rd bart) |
| Author | Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin |
| Translated by | sir Frederick Charles Lascelles Wraxall (3rd bart) |
| Published | 1859 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 14 Jun 2006 |
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