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Puteolana historia (1604)

Capaccio, Giulio Cesare, 1552-1634, Capaccio, Giulio Cesare, 1552-1634. Balnearum quae Neapoli, Puteolis, Baiis, Pithecusis extant, virtutes · Neapoli : Excudebat Constantinus Vitalis · leaf 85

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