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A51558 The use of the astronomical playing-cards teaching any ordinary capacity by them to be acquainted with all the stars in heaven, to know their place in heaven, colour, nature, and bigness. As also the poetical reasons for every constellation, very useful, and pleasant, and delightful for all lovers of ingeniety. By Joseph Moxon hydrographer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. Moxon, Joseph.; Hood, Thomas, fl. 1582-1598. aut 1692 (1692) Wing M3027A; ESTC N66308 31,031 62

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