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Title: The Book Of Quinte Essence Or The Fifth Being (1889) Edited from British Museum MS. Sloane 73 about 1460-70 A.D.
Author: Unknown
Editor: Frederick James Furnivall
Release Date: November 29, 2005 [EBook #17179]
Language: English
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