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A34769 The life of John Baptist Colbert, late minister and secretary of state to Lewis XIV, the present French king done into English from a French copy printed at Cologne this present year, 1695.; Vie de Jean-Baptiste Colbert. English Courtilz de Sandras, Gatien, 1644-1712. 1695 (1695) Wing C6599; ESTC R8430 128,103 270

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