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A35416 An elegant and learned discourse of the light of nature, with several other treatises Nathanael Culverwel ... Culverwel, Nathanael, d. 1651?; Dillingham, William, 1617?-1689. 1652 (1652) Wing C7569; ESTC R13398 340,382 446

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