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A61326 Ripley reviv'd, or, An exposition upon Sir George Ripley's hermetico-poetical works containing the plainest and most excellent discoveries of the most hidden secrets of the ancient philosophers, that were ever yet published / written by Eirenæus Philalethes ... Philalethes, Eirenaeus.; Cooper, William, fl. 1668-1688. 1678 (1678) Wing S5286; ESTC R825 171,221 596

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