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A66483 Mnemonica, or, The art of memory drained out of the pure fountains of art & nature, digested into three books : also a physical treatise of cherishing natural memory, diligently collected out of divers learned mens writings / by John Willis.; Mnemonica, sive, Reminiscendi ars. English. 1661 Willis, John, d. 1628?; Sowerby, Leonard. 1661 (1661) Wing W2812; ESTC R24570 62,111 192

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