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A35532 Selēnarhia, or, The government of the world in the moon a comical history / written by that famous wit and caveleer of France, Monsieur Cyrano Bergerac ; and done into English by Tho. St Serf, Gent.; Histoire comique des états et empires de la lune. English Cyrano de Bergerac, 1619-1655.; St. Serfe, Thomas, Sir, fl. 1668. 1659 (1659) Wing C7719; ESTC R18714 59,111 189

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