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A great cedar tree representing the Catholic church, contrasted with two smaller trees representing later denominations. Engraving after W. Cave, ca. 1675.

Scriptorum ecclesiasticorum historia literaria, a Christo nato usque ad sæculum XIV. facili methodo digesta ... / autore Guilielmo Cave. Accedunt scriptores gentiles, Christianae religionis appugnatores.

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Scriptorum ecclesiasticorum historia literaria, a Christo nato usque ad sæculum XIV. facili methodo digesta ... / autore Guilielmo Cave. Accedunt scriptores gentiles, Christianae religionis appugnatores.

A great cedar tree representing the Catholic church, contrasted with two smaller trees representing later denominations. Engraving after W. Cave, ca. 1675.