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A45756 Samuel Hartlib, his legacy of husbandry wherein are bequeathed to the common-wealth of England, not onely Braband and Flanders, but also many more outlandish and domestick experiments and secrets (of Gabriel Plats and others) never heretofore divulged in reference to universal husbandry : with a table shewing the general contents or sections of the several augmentations and enriching enlargements in this third edition. Hartlib, Samuel, d. 1662. 1655 (1655) Wing H991; ESTC R3211 220,608 330

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