Sales catalogue 302: Arthur Reader

Date:
31 October 1901
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/52/41
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 302: Arthur Reader. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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