Album [manuscript] : [a Victorian autograph album embellished with miscellaneous illustrations, and with a few leaves and ferns]. 1853-1884.

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Album [manuscript] : [a Victorian autograph album embellished with miscellaneous illustrations, and with a few leaves and ferns]. 1853-1884.

[70] leaves : ill. (some coloured) ; 24 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7143088

McGill University Library

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