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Lille · Alexandria

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Lille

Also known as

Birnin Lille
Insula
Lil
Lil
lil.
Lila

Image illustrating Lille — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Lillesee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

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birthplace ofCharles-Joseph Panckoucke1736 CE
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