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THE PLEASURES OF COLLECTING
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Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art Early American Mahogany Block-Front Cabinet-Top, Rhode Island Style Desk, 1750-1775

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THE PLEASURES OF COLLECTING
BY GARDNER TEALL
Being sundry delectable excursions in the realm of antiques and curios, American, European, and Oriental
New York The Century Company 1920 Copyright, 1920, by The Century Co. TO MY SISTER FRANCES COTHEAL TEALL IN LOVING MEMORY