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A26665 Centrum naturæ concentratum, or, The salt of nature regenerated for the most part improperly called the philosopher's stone / written in Arabick by Alipili ... ; published in Low Dutch, 1694, and now done into English, 1696, by a lover of the hermetick science.; Centrum naturae concentratum. English Ali Puli.; Brice, E. 1696 (1696) Wing A931; ESTC R18664 26,537 97

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