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A41898 The remarkable sayings, apothegms and maxims of the Eastern nations abstracted and translated out of their books written in the Arabian, Persian and Turkish language, with remarks / by Monsieur Galland ... translated out of French.; Paroles remarquables, les bon mots, et les maximes des Orientaux. English Galland, Antoine, 1646-1715. 1695 (1695) Wing G169; ESTC R7403 112,508 250

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