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A57506 The history of infamous impostors, or, The lives & actions of several notorious counterfeits who from the most abject and meanest of the people, have usurped the titles of emperours, kings, and princes / written by the Sr. J.B. de Ricoles ... ; and now done into English.; Imposteurs insignes. English Rocoles, Jean-Baptiste de, 1620-1696. 1683 (1683) Wing R1766; ESTC R6847 75,558 204

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