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A03362 A pleasant history declaring the whole art of phisiognomy orderly vttering all the speciall parts of man, from the head to the foot / written by Thomas Hill. Hill, Thomas, b. ca. 1528. 1613 (1613) STC 13483; ESTC S122584 152,727 397

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