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A65202 The royal mistresses of France, or, The secret history of the amours of all the French kings from Pharamond the first monarch, anno 418 to this present time / made English from the French original.; Galanteries des rois de France. English Vanel, M. (Claude) 1695 (1695) Wing V90; ESTC R1896 250,298 496

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