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A13217 Speculum mundiĀ· Or A glasse representing the face of the world shewing both that it did begin, and must also end: the manner how, and time when, being largely examined. Whereunto is joyned an hexameron, or a serious discourse of the causes, continuance, and qualities of things in nature; occasioned as matter pertinent to the work done in the six dayes of the worlds creation. Swan, John, d. 1671.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver. 1635 (1635) STC 23516; ESTC S118043 379,702 552

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