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A52334 A lapidary, or, The history of pretious [sic] stones with cautions for the undeceiving of all those that deal with pretious [sic] stones / by Thomas Nicols ... Nicols, Thomas. 1652 (1652) Wing N1145; ESTC R3332 119,639 252

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