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A44015 Stigmai ageĊmetrias, agroichias, antipoliteas, amatheias, or, Markes of the absurd geometry, rural language, Scottish church-politicks, and barbarismes of John Wallis professor of geometry and doctor of divinity by Thomas Hobbes. Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679. 1657 (1657) Wing H2261; ESTC R28097 39,934 36

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