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A30612 Aristippus, or, Monsr. de Balsac's masterpiece being a discourse concerning the court : with an exact table of the principall matter / Englished by R.W.; Aristippe. English Balzac, Jean-Louis Guez, seigneur de, 1597-1654.; R. W. 1659 (1659) Wing B612; ESTC R7761 82,994 192

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