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A25255 The history of the government of Venice wherein the policies, councils, magistrates, and laws of that state are fully related, and the use of the balloting box exactly described : written in the year 1675 / by the sieur Amelott de la Houssaie ...; Histoire du gouvernement de Venise. English Amelot de La Houssaie, Abraham-Nicolas, Sieur 1634-1706. 1677 (1677) Wing A2974; ESTC R14759 189,107 348

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