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A28548 Anicius Manlius Severinus Boetius, Of the consolation of philosophy in five books / made English and illustrated with notes by the Right Honourable Richard, Lord Viscount Preston.; De consolatione philosophiae. English Boethius, d. 524.; Preston, Richard Graham, Viscount, 1648-1695. 1695 (1695) Wing B3433; ESTC R3694 155,933 280

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