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Figure 1: a) (Top-left) Image of UGC 1395 in the K' band. Contour levels are 20.6, 20.4, 18.9, 18.6, 18.4, 17.8, 17.6, 17.1, 16.3 and 15.4 mag/arcsec². The horizontal scale bar corresponds to 10 arcsec; b) (2nd-left) Sharp-divided K' image; c) (3rd-left) Ellipse model subtracted K' image; d) (Bottom-left) (J-K') color image (not available for UGC 1395); e) (Top-right) PA (open circles) and $\epsilon$ (solid triangles) versus ellipse major axis (in arcsec) in K'. The corresponding curves for J and HST images, when available, are plotted as short-dashed lines and thick full lines respectively; f) (2nd-right) Surface brightness profiles in K' (open circles) and J (solid triangles), when available. Bulge and disk components together with the bulge+disk profile are given as solid lines; g) (3rd-right) Residuals from the bulge+disk decomposition, in percentage = $(F_{{\rm obs}}-F_{{\rm fit}})/F_{{\rm obs}}$ ; symbols as in f); h) (Bottom-right) (J-K') color gradient measured in circular rings, calculated from the circular aperture curves of growth (not available for UGC 1395). As in all following figures, north is to the top and east to the left. X-axis in Figs. e) to h) refers to the semi-major axis (radius) in arcseconds

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Figure 2: a) (Top-left) Image of IC 184 in the K' band. Contour levels are 19.3, 18.1, 17.5, 17.1, 16.8, 16.5, 16.3, 15.8 and 15.0 mag/arcsec². b), c), d) (not available), e), f), g) and h) (not available) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 3: a) (Top-left) Image of IC 1816 in the K' band. Contour levels are 19.5, 19.0, 18.7, 18.3, 18.0, 17.7, 17.3, 17.0, 16.7, 16.5, 16.0, 15.6 and 14.5 mag/arcsec². b), c), d), e), f), g) and h) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 4: a) (Top-left) Image of UGC 3223 in the K' band. Contour levels are 19.6, 18.6, 18.2, 17.9, 17.4, 17.1, 16.6, 16.2 and 15.5 mag/arcsec². b), c), d) (not available), e), f), g) and h) (not available) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 5: a) (Top-left) Image of NGC 2639 in the K' band. Contour levels are 18.9, 18.0, 17.3, 16.4, 16.0, 15.6, 15.2, 14.8 and 14.2 mag/arcsec². b), c), d), e), f), g) and h) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 6: a) (Top-left) Image of IC 2510 in the K' band. Contour levels are 18.7, 18.3, 17.6, 17.2, 16.7, 16.3, 15.5 and 14.5 mag/arcsec². b), c), d), e), f), g) and h) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 7: a) (Top-left) Image of NGC 3281 in the K' band. Contour levels are 18.5, 18.0, 17.5, 17.0, 16.8, 16.6, 16.4, 15.9, 15.4, 14.7 and 14.0 mag/arcsec². b), c), d), e), f), g) and h) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 9: a) (Top-left) Image of NGC 4253 in the K' band. Contour levels are 18.7, 17.7, 17.3, 16.7, 16.4, 16.0, 15.2, 14.2 and 12.3 mag/arcsec². b), c), d), e), f), g) and h) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 10: a) (Top-left) Image of NGC 4507 in the K' band. Contour levels are 18.9, 18.2, 17.7, 17.5, 17.2, 16.8, 16.1, 15.6 and 14.5 mag/arcsec². b), c), d), e), f), g) and h) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 11: a) (Top-left) Image of NGC 4785 in the K' band. Contour levels are 18.4, 17.9, 17.4, 16.8, 16.4, 16.1, 15.9, 15.4 and 14.4 mag/arcsec². b), c), d), e), f), g) and h) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 13: a) (Top-left) Image of NGC 5728 in the K' band. Contour levels are 18.3, 17.7, 17.0, 16.5, 16.0, 15.3, 14.8, 14.5 and 14.0 mag/arcsec². b), c), d), e), f), g) and h) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 14: a) (Top-left) Image of ESO 139-12 in the K' band. Contour levels are 18.9, 18.4, 18.0, 17.7, 17.3, 16.9, 16.5, 16.0 and 14.5 mag/arcsec². b), c), d), e), f), g) and h) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 15: a) (Top-left) Image of NGC 6814 in the K' band. Contour levels are 18.1, 17.7, 17.4, 17.2, 17.0, 16.7, 16.5, 16.2, 16.0, 15.6, 15.2 and 14.5 mag/arcsec². b), c), d), e), f), g) and h) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 16: a) (Top-left) Image of NGC 6860 in the K' band. Contour levels are 19.0, 18.3, 17.7, 17.0, 16.5, 16.0, 15.1, 14.2 mag/arcsec². b), c), d), e), f), g) and h) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 17: a) (Top-left) Image of NGC 6890 in the K' band. Contour levels are 19.1, 18.1, 17.3, 16.7, 16.4, 16.1, 15.7, 15.4, 14.8 and 14.0 mag/arcsec². b), c), d), e), f), g) and h) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 18: a) (Top-left) Image of NGC 151 in the K' band. Contour levels are 18.3, 17.7, 17.0, 16.5, 16.0, 15.6, 15.1 and 14.6 mag/arcsec². b), c), d), e), f), g) and h) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 19: a) (Top-left) Image of IC 454 in the K' band. Contour levels are 18.3, 17.6, 17.2, 16.9, 16.5, 16.2, 16.0 and 14.8 mag/arcsec². b), c), d), e), f), g) and h) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 21: a) (Top-left) Image of NGC 2811 in the K' band. Contour levels are 18.0, 17.3, 16.8, 16.4, 16.1, 15.9, 15.6, 15.3, 14.7 and 14.0 mag/arcsec². b), c), d), e), f), g) and h) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 22: a) (Top-left) Image of NGC 3571 in the K' band. Contour levels are 18.6, 17.7, 17.2, 16.6, 16.3, 16.0, 15.7, 15.4, 14.8 and 14.0 mag/arcsec². b), c), d), e), f), g) and h) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 23: a) (Top-left) Image of NGC 3835 in the K' band. Contour levels are 19.4, 18.6, 18.1, 17.8, 17.3, 17.0, 16.6, 16.2, 16.0, 15.2 and 18.8 mag/arcsec². b), c), d), e), f), g) and h) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 24: (a) (Top-left) Image of NGC 4162 in the K' band. Contour levels are 19.1, 18.4, 18.0, 17.7, 17.3, 17.0, 16.5, 16.2, 15.8, 15.2 and 14.8 mag/arcsec². b), c), d), e), f), g) and h) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 25: a) (Top-left) Image of NGC 4290 in the K' band. Contour levels are 18.7, 18.1, 17.7, 17.3, 17.0, 16.6, 16.2, 15.8, 15.2 and 14.8 mag/arcsec². b), c), d), e), f), g) and h) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 26: a) (Top-left) Image of NGC 4779 in the K' band. Contour levels are 18.9, 18.1, 17.7, 17.3, 17.0, 16.7, 16.2, 15.8 and 14.8 mag/arcsec². b), c), d), e), f), g) and h) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 27: a) (Top-left) Image of NGC 6012 in the K' band. Contour levels are 18.9, 18.5, 18.0, 17.7, 17.3, 17.0, 16.6, 16.2 and 15.8 mag/arcsec². b), c), d), e), f), g) and h) as in Fig. 1

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Figure 28: a) (Top-left) Image of NGC 6155 in the K' band. Contour levels are 19.4, 18.7, 18.0, 17.7, 17.3, 17.0, 16.6, 16.2 and 15.8 mag/arcsec². b), c), d), e), f), g) and h) as in Fig. 1

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