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Iconologia, or, Moral emblems (1709)

Ripa, Cesare, fl. 1600, Tempest, Pierce, 1653-1717, Fuller, Isaac, 1606-1672, ill · London : Printed by Benj. Motte · leaf 168

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Emblems · Emblem books -- Great Britain -- 18th century

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