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A35784 The disorders of love truly expressed in the unfortunate amours of Givry with Mademoiselle de Guise / made English from the French.; Désordres de l'amour. English Villedieu, Madame de, d. 1683. 1677 (1677) Wing D1188; ESTC R2145 39,666 158

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