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A96816 A supplement to The queen-like closet, or, A little of everything presented to all ingenious ladies, and gentlewomen / by Hannah Woolley ... Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670.; Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670. Queen-like closet. 1674 (1674) Wing W3287; ESTC R221176 74,618 219

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