Cyclopedia of architecture, historical, descriptive, typographical, decorative, theoretical and mechanical, alphabetically arranged, familiarly explained, and adapted to the comprehension of workmen, etc., etc. By Robert Stuart [pseud.] ... Two volumes in one. .. (1854)
Stuart, Robert, Stuart, Robert · New York: A. S. Barnes & Co. ... Cincinnati:--H.W. Derby · leaf 38
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