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Studies for drawing trees : represented in five quarto plates, consisting of the rudiments of foliage, the weeping willow, the chesnut, the oak, and the elm

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [between 1830 and 1839?]
Call number: 482441
Creator: Varley, John (1778-1842)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 32 cm
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