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Pierre Petit

Émile Littré (French lexicographer and philosopher, 1801-1881)

c. 1876
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 3
23.9 × 19.1 cm (9.4 × 7.5 in)

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