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A26378 West Barbary, or, A short narrative of the revolutions of the kingdoms of Fez and Morocco with an account of the present customs, sacred, civil, and domestick / by Lancelot Addison ... Addison, Lancelot, 1632-1703. 1671 (1671) Wing A532; ESTC R10903 81,185 250

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