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B02743 The rarities of Turkey, gathered by one that was sold seven times a slave in the Turkish Empire, and now exposed to view for the benefit of his native countrey:. Georgijević, Bartolomej, d. ca. 1566. 1661 (1661) Wing D1921A; ESTC R175972 34,635 147

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