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Hints on Hats Adapted to the Heads of the People

Author Henry Melton British
Publisher John Camden Hotten British
Printer William Penny British
1865
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  • Title: Hints on Hats Adapted to the Heads of the People
  • Author: Henry Melton (British, active 19th century)
  • Publisher: John Camden Hotten (British, Clerkenwell 1832–1873 Hampstead)
  • Printer: William Penny (London)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1865
  • Medium: Illustrations: lithographs
  • Dimensions: 6 5/16 x 4 1/8 x 1/4 in. (16 x 10.5 x 0.6 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.618.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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