Sales catalogue 524: Maggs Bros

Date:
1929
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/79
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 524: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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