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A50012 The divine Epicurus, or, The empire of pleasure over the vertues compos'd by A. LeGrand ; and rendred into English by Edward Cooke. Le Grand, Antoine, d. 1699.; Cooke, Edward, fl. 1678. 1676 (1676) Wing L949; ESTC R25451 59,225 137

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