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A47620 Select and choyce observations, containing all the Romane emperours the first eighteen by Edward Leigh ... ; the others added by his son Henry Leigh ... ; certain choyce French proverbs, alphabetically disposed and Englished added also by the same Edward Leigh. Leigh, Edward, 1602-1671.; Leigh, Henry, d. 1705. 1657 (1657) Wing L1003; ESTC R11757 143,701 292

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