Library of Congress and the Interior Decorations: A Practical Guide for Visitors with Descriptions of All the Painting, Sculptures and Statues, the Wall Quotations, Floor Plans, and Sixteen Interior Views from Photographs |
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... , the Wall Quotations, Floor Plans, and Sixteen Interior Views from Photographs Charles Bingham Reynolds. HARVARDIANS CHRI VE RI TAS barvard College Library FROM Rev. Edwin Abbott SUPPLEMENT TO THE STANDARD GUIDE br 3 B8509 , 10. B8509.51.
... , the Wall Quotations, Floor Plans, and Sixteen Interior Views from Photographs Charles Bingham Reynolds. HARVARDIANS CHRI VE RI TAS barvard College Library FROM Rev. Edwin Abbott SUPPLEMENT TO THE STANDARD GUIDE br 3 B8509 , 10. B8509.51.
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... STANDARD GUIDE br 3 B8509 , 10 ) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND THE INTERIOR DECORATIONS A Practical Guide for Visitors WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE PAINT- INGS SCULPTURES AND STATUES & THE WALL QUOTATIONS PLANS AND SIXTEEN до FLOOR INTERIOR ...
... STANDARD GUIDE br 3 B8509 , 10 ) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND THE INTERIOR DECORATIONS A Practical Guide for Visitors WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE PAINT- INGS SCULPTURES AND STATUES & THE WALL QUOTATIONS PLANS AND SIXTEEN до FLOOR INTERIOR ...
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... beginning on the north or left hand as one approaches the entrance : Emerson and Irving , by Hartley ; Goethe , Franklin and Macaulay , by Ruck- Busts stuhl ; Hawthorne and Scott , by Hartley ; on vi The Standard Guide .
... beginning on the north or left hand as one approaches the entrance : Emerson and Irving , by Hartley ; Goethe , Franklin and Macaulay , by Ruck- Busts stuhl ; Hawthorne and Scott , by Hartley ; on vi The Standard Guide .
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... deleterious agencies are excluded . The conditions sur- rounding the books in the stacks are those altogether favorable to their safety and preservation . Each one of the two large stacks has a shelving viii The Standard Guide .
... deleterious agencies are excluded . The conditions sur- rounding the books in the stacks are those altogether favorable to their safety and preservation . Each one of the two large stacks has a shelving viii The Standard Guide .
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... DISCOVERERS Copyright , 1897 , by Charles B. Reynolds . Supplement to the Standard Guide . THE LIBRARY DECORATIONS . PLAN OF SECOND FLOOR AND DECORATIONS . THE STAIRWAYS TO THE ENTRANCE PAVILION . FLOOR PLANS AND KEY TO DECORATIONS. ...
... DISCOVERERS Copyright , 1897 , by Charles B. Reynolds . Supplement to the Standard Guide . THE LIBRARY DECORATIONS . PLAN OF SECOND FLOOR AND DECORATIONS . THE STAIRWAYS TO THE ENTRANCE PAVILION . FLOOR PLANS AND KEY TO DECORATIONS. ...
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