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A51883 The first volume of letters writ by a Turkish spy who lived five and forty years undiscovered at Paris : giving an impartial account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable transactions of Europe : and discovering several intrigues and secrets of the Christian courts (especially of that of France) from the year 1637 to the year 1682 / written originally in Arabick, first translated into Italian, afterwards into French and now into English. Marana, Giovanni Paolo, 1642-1693.; Saltmarsh, Daniel. 1691 (1691) Wing M565BB; ESTC R29485 217,148 388

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