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A45273 The celestial worlds discover'd, or, Conjectures concerning the inhabitants, plants and productions of the worlds in the planets written in Latin by Christianus Huygens, and inscrib'd to his brother, Constantine Huygens ...; KosmotheĊros. English Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695.; Huygens, Constantijn, 1628-1697. 1698 (1698) Wing H3859; ESTC R5990 59,610 157

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