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A64740 Anekdota eteroƫiaka, or, The secret history of the house of Medicis written originally by that fam'd historian, the Sieur de Varillas ; made English by Ferrand Spence.; Anecdotes de Florence. English Varillas, Monsieur (Antoine), 1624-1696.; Spence, Ferrand. 1686 (1686) Wing V112; ESTC R2059 224,910 556

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