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| Title | The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth, Volume 1 Bohn's standard library The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth, Thomas Roscoe |
| Author | William Roscoe |
| Editor | Thomas Roscoe |
| Edition | 7 |
| Publisher | G. Bell, 1888 |
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