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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.
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
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