Old illustration of Hundred Horse Chestnut, the oldest and biggest chestnut tree in the world, eastern slope of Mount Etna, Sicily. By unidentified au

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Old illustration of Hundred Horse Chestnut, the oldest and biggest chestnut tree in the world, eastern slope of Mount Etna, Sicily. By unidentified author, publ. on Magasin Pittoresque, Paris, 1833.

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Old illustration of Hundred Horse Chestnut, the oldest and biggest chestnut tree in the world, eastern slope of Mount Etna, Sicily. By unidentified au

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