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A35530 The comical history of the states and empires of the worlds of the moon and sun written in French by Cyrano Bergerac ; and newly Englished by A. Lovell ...; Histoire comique des états et empires du soleil. English Cyrano de Bergerac, 1619-1655.; Lovell, Archibald. 1687 (1687) Wing C7717; ESTC R20572 161,439 382

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