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- ↑ Alexander S. Wilkinson (17 May 2010). Iberian Books / Libros ibéricos (IB): Books Published in Spanish or Portuguese or on the Iberian Peninsula before 1601 / Libros publicados en español o portugués o en la Península Ibérica antes de 1601. BRILL. p. 74. ISBN 978-90-04-19341-3.
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