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- 1 2 3 Wlassak, Rudolf at AEIOU Encyclopedia
- 1 2 Thibaut - Zycha, Volume 10 by K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH & Company, Walter De Gruyter Incorporated
- ↑ WorldCat Identities published works
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