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W. Kent & Co's Annual Catalogue, April 1859
W. Kent and Co.
Publishers' catalogs -- England -- London; W. Kent and Co. -- Catalogs
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ARCHITECTURAL WORKS.
RAPHAEL AND J. ARTHUR BRANDON.
=An Analysis of Gothick Architecture.= Illustrated by a Series
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=The Open Timber Roofs of the Middle Ages.= Illustrated by Perspective
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