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A summary or compendium, of the life of the most famous philosopher Renatus Descartes / Written originally in Latin by Peter Borellus; to which is also added an epitome of his life by Marcus Zurius Boxhornius, historiographer at Leyden.

Originum Gallicarum liber ... Cui accedit antiquae linguae Britannicae lexicon / [Marcus Zuerius Boxhorn].

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Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn

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A summary or compendium, of the life of the most famous philosopher Renatus Descartes / Written originally in Latin by Peter Borellus; to which is also added an epitome of his life by Marcus Zurius Boxhornius, historiographer at Leyden.

Originum Gallicarum liber ... Cui accedit antiquae linguae Britannicae lexicon / [Marcus Zuerius Boxhorn].