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A treatise of religion & learning, and of religious and learned men. : Consisting of six books. The two first treating of religion & learning· The four last of religious or learned men in an alphabetical order. A vvork seasonable for these times, wherein religion and learning have so many enemies· By Edward Leigh Master of Arts of Magdalen-Hall in Oxford

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: M.DC.LVI. [1656]
Call number: 357216
Creator: Leigh, Edward (1602-1671)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (folio)
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