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A29361 A new description of Paris containing a particular account of all the churches, palaces, monasteries ... with all other remarkable matters in that great and famous city / translated out of French.; Nouvelle description de la ville de Paris. English Brice, Germain, 1652-1727. 1687 (1687) Wing B4440; ESTC R3651 187,591 388

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