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A05418 Curiosities: or the cabinet of nature Containing phylosophical, naturall, and morall questions fully answered and resolved. Translated out of Latin, French, and Italian authors. By R.B. Gent. Never before published. Basset, Robert. 1637 (1637) STC 1557; ESTC S101058 58,950 311

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