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A90454 Aurora Ismenia and the prince: by Don Juan Perez de Montalvan. Oronta the Cyprian virgin: By Signr. Girolamo Preti. Translated by Thomas Stanley Esq;; Aurora, & the prince. Pérez de Montalván, Juan, 1602-1638.; Preti, Girolamo, 1582-1626. Oronta.; Stanley, Thomas, 1625-1678. 1650 (1650) Wing P1468; Thomason E1422_3; ESTC R202332 45,580 95

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