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A39864 A discourse of the plurality of worlds written in French by the most ingenious author of the Dialogues of the dead ; and translated into English by Sir W.D., Knight.; Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes. English Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier), 1657-1757.; W. D., Sir. 1687 (1687) Wing F1411; ESTC R14267 62,482 104

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