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Oedipus Aegyptiacus. Hoc est universalis hieroglyphicae veterum doctrinae temporum injuria abolitae instauratio. Opus ex omni Orientalium doctrina et sapientia conditum, nec non viginti diversarum linguarum authoritate stabilitum / [Athanasius Kircher].

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Oedipus Aegyptiacus. Hoc est universalis hieroglyphicae veterum doctrinae temporum injuria abolitae instauratio. Opus ex omni Orientalium doctrina et sapientia conditum, nec non viginti diversarum linguarum authoritate stabilitum / [Athanasius Kircher].