Identifier: piadesideriaor01hugo (find matches)
Title: Pia desideria: or, Divine addresses, : in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates.
Year: 1686 (1680s)
Authors: Hugo, Herman, 1588-1629 Arwaker, Edmund, d. 1730 Harold Jantz Collection. NcD
Subjects: Christian life Emblem books, English
Publisher: London: : Printed for Henry Bonwicke ...
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