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A15427 Hecatonphila. The arte of loue Or, loue discouered in an hundred seuerall kindes.; Hecatonphila. The arte of love. Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472. 1598 (1598) STC 257; ESTC S110268 22,612 94

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