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This sumptuously illustrated treatise has been traditionally, although wrongly, attributed to salomon trismosin, possibly a pen name. With fiona bevan, katie cleaver, lucy clougherty, david collins. Sevestre first issued this french translation in 1612, and the. The imagination and lyricism of its tr uly marvellous illustrations are aweinspiring even to those not familiar with this subject.
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