'The Pepys Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge', 1928. Artist: Unknown.

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3183 x 4309 px | 26.9 x 36.5 cm | 10.6 x 14.4 inches | 300dpi

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1928

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World,Europe,United Kingdom,England,Cambridgeshire,Cambridge

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'The Pepys Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge', 1928. From Old Furniture, Volume III., edited by Lieut.-Col. E. F. Strange, C.B.E. [Old Furniture Ltd., London, 1928]

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