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LOT 1184

Pictures of Grecian History in Miniature Book

1810 A.D.

2 1/2 in. (35.2 grams, 64 mm high).

Designed by Alfred Mills, printed in London, original leather binding, 96 pages with black-and-white illustrations; part of a series of Alfred Mills’s Miniature Historic Library.

Provenance

Private collection, UK.

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LOT 1184

Pictures of Grecian History in Miniature Book

Sold for (Inc. bp): £124

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