The Architecture of Country Houses: Including Designs for Cottages, Farm-houses, and Villas, with Remarks on Interiors, Furniture, and the Best Modes of Warming and Ventilating. With Three Hundred and Twenty IllustrationsD. Appleton, 1853 - 484 pages |
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