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A70936 A journal of the siege and taking of Buda by the imperial army (under the conduct of the Duke of Lorrain, and His Electoral Highness, the Duke of Bavaria,) Anno Dom. 1686 by Jacob Richards ... Richards, Jacob, 1660?-1701. 1687 (1687) Wing R1371; Wing J1104; ESTC R13775 21,589 42

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