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A61253 A treatise of japaning and varnishing being a compleat discovery of those arts : with the best way of making all sorts of varnish ... : together with above an hundred distinct patterns of japan-work ... : curiously engraven on 24 large copper plates / by John Stalker. Stalker, John.; Parker, George, 17th cent. 1688 (1688) Wing S5187A; ESTC R229848 89,451 139

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