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A39789 A treatise of the bulk and selvedge of the world wherein the greatness, littleness, and lastingness of bodies are freely handled : with an answer to Tentamine [sic] de Deo by S.P. ... / by N. Fairfax ... Fairfax, Nathaniel, 1637-1690. 1674 (1674) Wing F131; ESTC R6759 116,406 248

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