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1"LUD (R.) alias de Fluctibus Collectio Opei-iini, viz. — Macrocosmi, Musica, Arithmetica, Geometriee, Arte Militari, Machini Nonnul Belicis e Varus, Horologi, Astrologia, Geomantia &c, &c, &c, the illustrations, (upwards of 300) of Early Inveuted Machines, Instruments, &C &c to the numerous treatises in this folio are amongst the most curious which exist ; the compiete Work, and rarely metwith, large folio of 920 pages, vellum, Oppenhemi 1617 /.

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