Book Title: R P. Ioannis Kreihing Societatis Iesu Emblemata ethico-politica carmine explicata : ad serenissimum principem Leopoldum Wilhelmum Archiducem Austriae &c. ...

Author: Kreihing, Johann, 1595-1660

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