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A12581 The excellent and pleasant worke of Iulius Solinus Polyhistor Contayning the noble actions of humaine creatures, the secretes & prouidence of nature, the description of countries, the maners of the people: with many meruailous things and strange antiquities, seruing for the benefitt and recreation of all sorts of persons. Translated out of Latin into English, by Arthur Golding. Gent.; Polyhistor. English. Solinus, C. Julius, 3rd cent.?; Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606. 1587 (1587) STC 22896.5; ESTC S117641 133,961 228

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