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| Title | The Principles of Ornament |
| Author | James Ward |
| Editor | George Aitchison |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Chapman and Hall, 1896 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 27 Aug 2008 |
| Length | 207 pages |
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