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A09195 The compleat gentleman fashioning him absolute in the most necessary & commendable qualities concerning minde or bodie that may be required in a noble gentleman. By Henry Peacham, Mr. of Arts sometime of Trinity Coll: in Cambridge. Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?; Delaram, Francis, 1589 or 90-1627, engraver. 1622 (1622) STC 19502; ESTC S114333 134,242 209

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