Books Condemned to be Burnt
by James Anson Farrer
1892
ISBN/ASIN: 1141609010
Number of pages: 207
Description:
When did books first come to be burnt in England by the common hangman, and what was the last book to be so treated? This is the sort of question that occurs to a rational curiosity, but it is just this sort of question to which it is often most difficult to find an answer.
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