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On colour, and on the necessity for a general diffusion of taste among all classes : with remarks on laying out dressed geometrical gardens, examples of good and bad taste, illustrated by woodcuts and coloured plates in contrast (1858)

Wilkinson, John Gardner, 1797-1875 · London : J. Murray · leaf 290

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