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A treatise on the decorative part of civil architecture (1862)

Chambers, William, Sir, 1726-1796, Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Leeds, W. H. (William Henry), 1786-1866, Hardwick, Thomas, 1752-1829 · London : Lockwood and Co. · leaf 178

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