Decorative divider #2001
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'La Principauté de Liège et les Pays-Bas au XVIe siècle', Société des Bibliophiles Liégeois ,1887.
Source Firkin
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Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
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Source Firkin