Famous paintings as seen and described by famous writers / edited and translated by Esther Singleton (1909)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930, Morse, Alice C. (Alice Cordelia), b. 1862, binding designer · New York : Dodd, Mead & Co · leaf 452
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