The Union of Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting;: Exemplified by a Series of Illustrations, with Descriptive Accounts of the House and Galleries of John Soane, Professor of Architecture in the Royal Academy ... |
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| Título | The Union of Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting;: Exemplified by a Series of Illustrations, with Descriptive Accounts of the House and Galleries of John Soane, Professor of Architecture in the Royal Academy ... |
| Autor | John Britton |
| Colaborador | Charles Whittingham |
| Editor | author [i.e. Britton], Burton Street; sold, 1827 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 25 Ene 2007 |
| N.º de páginas | 60 páginas |
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