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A summarie of the antiquities, and wonders of the worlde, abstracted out of the sixtene first bookes of the excellente historiographer Plinie, vvherein may be seene the wonderful workes of God in his creatures, translated oute of French into Englishe by I.A

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1566]
Call number: 81999
Creator: Pliny(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (8vo)
Associated people: Alday, John.; I. A.
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A summarie of the antiquities, and wonders of the worlde, abstracted out of the sixtene first bookes of the excellente historiographer Plinie, vvherein may be seene the wonderful workes of God in his creatures, translated oute of French into Englishe by I.A

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