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A prognostication euerlastinge of right good effecte

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: Anno 1576.
Call number: 53921
Creator: Digges, Leonard (-approximately 1559)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (4to)
Associated people: Copernicus, Nicolaus, (1473-1543.); Digges, Thomas, (approximately 1546-1595.); Marsh, Thomas, (active 1554-1587,)
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