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A28504 I ragguagli di Parnasso, or, Advertisements from Parnassus in two centuries : with the politick touch-stone / written originally in Italian by that famous Roman Trajano Bocalini ; and now put into English by the Right Honourable Henry, Earl of Monmouth.; De' ragguagli di Parnaso. English Boccalini, Traiano, 1556-1613.; Monmouth, Henry Carey, Earl of, 1596-1661. 1656 (1656) Wing B3380; ESTC R2352 497,035 486

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