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A Short Treatise on the System of Wire Fencing. Gates, Etc., as Manufactured by Charles D. Young & Co. at Their Several Establishments in Edinburgh, London, Liverpool and Glasgow, To Which is Appended an Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Their Manufactures in Connectin with Landed Property, &c.

Author Charles D. Young & Co. British, Scottish
Engraver Seaton Warburton British, Scottish
Printer W. Burness British, Scottish

1850

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Title: A Short Treatise on the System of Wire Fencing. Gates, Etc., as Manufactured by Charles D. Young & Co. at Their Several Establishments in Edinburgh, London, Liverpool and Glasgow, To Which is Appended an Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Their Manufactures in Connectin with Landed Property, &c.

Author: Charles D. Young & Co. (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool and London)

Engraver: Seaton Warburton (British, active Edinburgh, Scotland mid-19th century)

Printer: W. Burness (Edinburgh)

Date: 1850

Medium: Illustrations: engraving

Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 7 5/8 x 1 11/16 in. (27 x 19.3 x 4.3 cm)

Classification: Books

Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1948

Object Number: 48.65.2

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Great Britain and Ireland, 1800-1900 A.D.

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