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Old clocks and watches & their makers, being an historical and descriptive account of the different styles of clocks and watches of the past, in England and abroad, to which is added a list of ten thousand makers (1904)

Britten, F. J. (Frederick James), 1843-1913 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 406

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