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A27526 The present state of France containing a general description of that kingdom corrected and purged from the many gross mistakes in the French copy, enriched with additional observations and remarks of the new compiler, and digested into a method conformable to that of the state of England / by R.W. ... Wolley, Richard, fl. 1667-1694.; Besongne, Nicolas, d. 1697. 1687 (1687) Wing B2052A; ESTC R1280 281,972 540

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