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A76997 Paracelsvs Of the supreme mysteries of nature. Of [brace] the spirits of the planets. Occult philosophy. The magical, sympathetical, and antipathetical cure of wounds and diseases. The mysteries of the twelve signs of the zodiack. / Englished by R. Turner, philomathēs. Paracelsus, 1493-1541.; Turner, Robert, fl. 1654-1665. 1655 (1655) Wing B3544; Thomason E1567_2; ESTC R209187 70,843 175

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