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A30142 Letters write [sic] to a friend by the learned and judicious Sir Andrew Balfour ... containing excellent directions and advices for travelling thro' France and Italy, with many curious and judicious remarks and observations made by himself, in his voyages thro' these countreys, published from the author's original m.s. Balfour, Andrew, Sir, 1630-1694. 1700 (1700) Wing B552; ESTC R5283 102,544 331

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