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The Mastiff (Dogs of All Nations)

Name: The Mastiff (Dogs of All Nations)
Brand: Best in Show
SKU: PA-01793

W.E. Mason (pub.), 1915

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The old English Mastiff's plate from the 1915 world breed survey, the ancestral guard dog of Britain in documentary profile. The breed the Romans wrote home about, in the last great catalogue printed before the modern kennel age.

Maker: W.E. Mason (pub.)
Date: 1915
Medium of the original: Photomechanical book plate
Original held by: Internet Archive / Dogs of All Nations 1915
Credit: Internet Archive / Dogs of All Nations 1915 · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01793

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Size	Why
10 x 8 in	39 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 8 in	35 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
14 x 11 in	28 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 12 in	26 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 in	23 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 16 in	19 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 16 in	17 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 18 in	17 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	14 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	13 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	11 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	10 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	8 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	7 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged