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A descriptive catalogue of the maiolica, Hispano-Moresco, Persian, Damascus, and Rhodian wares in the South Kensington Museum : with historical notes, marks, & monograms (1873)

South Kensington Museum, Fortnum, C. Drury E. (Charles Drury Edward), 1820-1899 · London : Chapman & Hall · leaf 408

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