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A56504 Defectio geniturarum being an essay toward the reviving and proving the true old principles of astrology hitherto neglected or at leastwise not observed or understood : wherein many things relating to this science are handled and discoursed ... / by John Partridge. Partridge, John, 1644-1715. 1697 (1697) Wing P617; ESTC R26179 278,401 372

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