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A37154 The history of the last campagne in the Spanish Netherlands, Anno Dom. 1693 with an exact draught of the several attacks of the French line by the Duke of Wirtemberg, with the detachment under his command : done upon copper / by Edward D'Auvergne ... D'Auvergne, Edward, 1660-1737. 1693 (1693) Wing D299; ESTC R15641 72,677 143

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