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A26220 Memoires of the court of France relating to the amours of the Duke of Maine and the marriages of the other illegitimate children of the French king with the princes and princesses of the blood / written in French by Madam Daunois ; and done into English by Mr. A.B. Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine), 1650 or 51-1705.; A. B., Mr. 1697 (1697) Wing A4219; ESTC R24191 66,216 148

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