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... Italy and the provinces . † * Pro argento si aurum dare mallent , darent convenit ; dum pro argenteis decem aureus unus valeret . Livii lib . xxxviii . 11 . † Suetonius , speaking of Cæsar , says , In Gallia fana templaque Deûm donis ...
... Italy and the provinces . † * Pro argento si aurum dare mallent , darent convenit ; dum pro argenteis decem aureus unus valeret . Livii lib . xxxviii . 11 . † Suetonius , speaking of Cæsar , says , In Gallia fana templaque Deûm donis ...
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... Italy . Converting Francs into Sterling and Sterling into Francs . Cloth , 10s . 6d . Cohn's Table of Exchanges between Ger- many and England , By means of which any amount of Reichsmarcs may be converted into Sterling by Seventy - six ...
... Italy . Converting Francs into Sterling and Sterling into Francs . Cloth , 10s . 6d . Cohn's Table of Exchanges between Ger- many and England , By means of which any amount of Reichsmarcs may be converted into Sterling by Seventy - six ...
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... Italy , Spain , and Germany . From $ 4.50 Cents to $ 5.50 per Pound Sterling , or from 4 Francs 50 Centimes to 5 Francs 50 Centimes per Dollar , or from 4 Pesetas 50 Cents to 5 Pesetas 50 Cents per Dollar , or from $ 4.50 to $ 5.50 per ...
... Italy , Spain , and Germany . From $ 4.50 Cents to $ 5.50 per Pound Sterling , or from 4 Francs 50 Centimes to 5 Francs 50 Centimes per Dollar , or from 4 Pesetas 50 Cents to 5 Pesetas 50 Cents per Dollar , or from $ 4.50 to $ 5.50 per ...
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... ( Italian ) per 100 Kilogrammes , at Exchanges ranging from 24 to 32. Price 2s . 6d . Arnould's Marine Insurance . A Treatise on the Law of Marine Insurance and Average ; with Refer- ences to the American Cases and the later Continental ...
... ( Italian ) per 100 Kilogrammes , at Exchanges ranging from 24 to 32. Price 2s . 6d . Arnould's Marine Insurance . A Treatise on the Law of Marine Insurance and Average ; with Refer- ences to the American Cases and the later Continental ...
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... Italy and Corsica . With 6 Maps and 16 Plans , 6s . Central Italy and Rome . With 3 Maps and 8 Plans , 68 . Southern Italy , Sicily , Malta , Lipari Islands , Carthage , and Athens . With 6 Maps and 7 Plans , 6s . Palestine and Syria ...
... Italy and Corsica . With 6 Maps and 16 Plans , 6s . Central Italy and Rome . With 3 Maps and 8 Plans , 68 . Southern Italy , Sicily , Malta , Lipari Islands , Carthage , and Athens . With 6 Maps and 7 Plans , 6s . Palestine and Syria ...
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