Chapter I: Front Matter

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HISTORY OF ANCIENT POTTERY

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PLATE I

KYLIX BY DURIS.
THE LABOURS OF THESEUS.
(BRITISH MUSEUM).
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HISTORY OF ANCIENT POTTERY
GREEK, ETRUSCAN, AND ROMAN

BY H. B. WALTERS, M.A., F.S.A.
BASED ON THE WORK OF
SAMUEL BIRCH

IN TWO VOLUMES
VOLUME I

WITH 300 ILLUSTRATIONS
INCLUDING 8 COLOURED PLATES

LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1905

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HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD.,
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