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The Louvre: Fifty Plates in Colour ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠞⠓⠑⠀⠺⠕⠗⠅⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠠⠛⠊⠕⠞⠞⠕⠂⠀⠓⠊⠎⠀⠚⠥⠝⠊⠕⠗⠀⠃⠽⠀⠎⠕⠍⠑
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⠠⠍⠁⠗⠞⠊⠝⠊⠀⠶⠼⠁⠃⠓⠑⠦⠤⠁⠉⠙⠙⠶⠂⠀⠺⠓⠕⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠁⠇⠎⠕⠀
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