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A35777 A Description of Vienna in its ancient and present state : with an exact and compleat account of the siege thereof, began by the Ottoman Emperour on the 16th of July, 1683, and continued until the [12th?] of September following : at which time the siege was rais'd and a total defeat given to the Turkish army by the Christians. 1683 (1683) Wing D1172; ESTC R140 4,145 1

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