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From one of the most beautiful books on the decorative arts ever published: reproductions of classic full-color renderings by the great Victorian designer of design elements in Chinese porcelain and cloisonné antiquities now in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Reprinted from the original plates made in 1867.
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