Book ID: CBB000101764

Calendar: History, Lore, and Legend (2001)

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Bourgoing, Jacqueline de (Author)


Harry N. Abrams


Publication Date: 2001
Edition Details: Translated from French by David J. Baker
Physical Details: 143 pp., illus., map, bibl., index
Language: English

Description Describes the history of how humans have structured time.


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