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Wonders of Engraving. Illustrated with Thirty-Four Wood-Engravings

Author Georges Duplessis French
Publisher Charles Scribner & Co. American
1871
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  • Title: Wonders of Engraving. Illustrated with Thirty-Four Wood-Engravings
  • Author: Georges Duplessis (French, Chartres 1834–1899 Paris)
  • Publisher: Charles Scribner & Co. (New York, NY)
  • Published in: New York
  • Date: 1871
  • Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving
  • Dimensions: 7 7/16 × 4 15/16 × 1 in. (18.9 × 12.5 × 2.5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Alfred G. Mayor, 1933
  • Object Number: 33.42.10
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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