English: Identifier: considerationsof00drex

Title: The considerations of Drexelius upon eternity Year: 1689 (1680s) Authors: Drexel, Jeremias, 1581-1638 Chiswell, Richard, publisher Winterton, Ralph, 1600-1636, tr Parker, Richard, fl. 1692-1725, bookseller Subjects: Eternity Emblems Emblems, English Publisher: London : Printed for Richard Chiswell, and are to be sold by Richard Parker, at the Sign of the Vnicorn, under the Piazza of the Royal Exchange, in Cornhill Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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