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A51432 Brutes turn'd criticks, or, Mankind moraliz'd by beasts in sixty satyrical letters upon the vices and follies of our age / written in Italian by Signiore Moscheni ; and now done into English with some improvements.; Lettere missive e responsive delle bestie. English Moscheni, Carlo.; Savage, John, 1673-1747. 1695 (1695) Wing M2851; ESTC R8606 59,503 228

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