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A26623 The paradise of the soul: or, A little treatise of vertues. Made by Albert the Great, Bishop of Ratisbon, who died in the year 1280. Translated out of Latin into English, by N.N.; Paradisus animae. English. Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.; N. N. 1682 (1682) Wing A875H; ESTC R6662 67,532 252

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