Athenian sport: or, two thousand paradoxes merrily argued, to amuse and divert the age ... / With improvements from the Honourable Mr. Boyle, Lock, Norris, Collier, Crowley, Dryden, Garth, Addison, and other illustrious wits. By a member of the Athenian Society [i.e. J. Dunton].

John Dunton

Date:: 1707

Credit: Athenian sport: or, two thousand paradoxes merrily argued, to amuse and divert the age ... / With improvements from the Honourable Mr. Boyle, Lock, Norris, Collier, Crowley, Dryden, Garth, Addison, and other illustrious wits. By a member of the Athenian Society [i.e. J. Dunton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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