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A71025 The history of Tamerlan the great taken out of Alhacent, the emperour's historian, and some other manuscripts / by the Lord de Sainctyon ; now Englished by M. D'Assigny. Sainctyon, Sieur de.; Alhacen.; D'Assigny, Marius, 1643-1717. 1679 (1679) Wing S358A; ESTC R7954 175,472 322

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