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A35789 The memoires of the life, and rare adventures of Henrietta Silvia Moliere as they have been very lately published in French : with remarks.; Mémoires de la vie de Henriette-Sylvie de Molière. English Villedieu, Madame de, d. 1683.; Subligny, sieur de, ca. 1640-ca. 1679. 1672 (1672) Wing D1191; Wing D1192; ESTC R203582 172,818 580

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