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A19165 Hypnerotomachia. = The strife of loue in a dreame; Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. English Colonna, Francesco, d. 1527.; R. D.; Dallington, Robert, 1561-1637, attributed name. 1592 (1592) STC 5577; ESTC S105038 134,470 199

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