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A80585 A relation of the state of the court of Rome made in the year 1661. at the council of Pregadi. By the most excellent, the Lord Angelo Corraro, ambassador from the most serene republique of Venice to Pope Alexander VII. Translated our of Italian by J.B. Gent.; Relazione della corte romana fatta l'anno 1661. English Ferrare du Tot, Charles de, d. 1694.; Correr, Angelo, 1605-1678, attributed name.; Bulteel, John, fl. 1683. 1664 (1664) Wing C6344B; ESTC R200886 64,711 128

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