On inside of front cover: M… Read, 15 Gt. Cumberland St., Hyde Park.Name Eliza Read on some of the designs.Forms part of the Mary Ann Beinecke Decorative Art…
— Read on archive.org/details/MAB.31962000792030Images_201305/page/n7/mode/2up
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