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Miscellanea: or, A choice collection of wise and ingenious sayings, &c. : of princes, philosophers, statesmen, courtiers, and others; out of several antient and modern authors: for the pleasurable entertainment of the nobility and gentry of both sexes

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1694.
Call number: 288977
Creator: Miege, Guy (1644-1718?)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 8vo
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