Mercurio-coelico mastix. Or an anti-caveat to all such, as have ... had the misfortune to be cheated ... by ... John Booker. In answer to a ... pamphlet of his ... intituled Mercurius-coelicus ... which ... is hereunto prefix'ed / By G. Naworth [i.e. Wharton].

  • Wharton, George, Sir, 1617-1681.
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[1644]
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Credit: Mercurio-coelico mastix. Or an anti-caveat to all such, as have ... had the misfortune to be cheated ... by ... John Booker. In answer to a ... pamphlet of his ... intituled Mercurius-coelicus ... which ... is hereunto prefix'ed / By G. Naworth [i.e. Wharton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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