A description of the gardens of Lord Viscount Cobham at Stow in Buckinghamshire / [By B. Seeley?].

Date:
1749 [i.e. 1750?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A description of the gardens of Lord Viscount Cobham at Stow in Buckinghamshire / [By B. Seeley?]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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