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A85346 Vnheard-of curiosities concerning the talismanical sculpture of the Persians; the horoscope of the patriarkes; and the reading of the stars. Written in French, by James Gaffarel. And Englished by Edmund Chilmead, Mr. of Arts, and chaplaine of Christ-Church Oxon.; Curiositez inouyes, sur la sculpture talismanique des persans. Horoscope des patriarches. Et lecture des estoilles. English. Gaffarel, Jacques, 1601-1681.; Chilmead, Edmund, 1610-1654, translator. 1650 (1650) Wing G105; Thomason E1216_1; ESTC R202160 209,056 473

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