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A35757 A Description of Buda, in its ancient and present state with an exact and compleat account of the siege thereof : began by the Duke of Lorrain, July 14. 1684, and continued by him and the elector of Bavaria, till November the first, at which time the siege was raised. 1685 (1685) Wing D1146; ESTC R41092 4,472 1

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