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Laocoon

Laocoon: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry

By
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing,
Edward Allen McCormick‏
Edward Allen McCormick‏(Translator)
1766

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