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A64608 Logopandecteision, or, An introdvction to the vniversal langvage digested into these six several books, Neaudethaumata, Chrestasbeia, Cleronomaporia, Chryseomystes, Nelcadicastes, & Philoponauxesis / by Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie ... Urquhart, Thomas, Sir, 1611-1660. 1653 (1653) Wing U137; ESTC R3669 114,144 164

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