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A70613 The Count of Gabalis, or, The extravagant mysteries of the Cabalists exposed in five pleasant discourses on the secret sciences / done into English by P.A. Gent., with short animadversions.; Comte de Gabalis. English Villars, abbé de (Nicolas-Pierre-Henri), 1635-1673.; Ayres, Philip, 1638-1712. 1680 (1680) Wing M2494; ESTC R14099 55,502 206

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