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A letter from an eminent merchant in Ostend, : containing an account of a strange and monstrous birth hapned there, a woman being brought to bed of two children, which are joined together by the crowns of their heads. He being an eye-witness thereof. Dated May 7. old stile

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1682.
Call number: 134156
Creator: Eminent merchant in Ostend(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (1/2 sheet)
Associated organization: Bridgewater House Library,
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