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A10214 The secretary in fashion: or, A compendious and refined way of expression in all manner of letters. Composed in French by P. Sr de la Serre, historiographer of France. And translated into English, by John Massinger, Gent; Secrétaire à la mode. English La Serre, M. de (Jean-Puget), ca. 1600-1665.; Massinger, John. 1640 (1640) STC 20491; ESTC S115331 42,861 162

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