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A28875 The life of the renowned Peter D'Aubusson, Grand Master of Rhodes containing those two remarkable sieges of Rhodes by Mahomet the Great and Solyman the Magnificent, being lately added to compleat the story adorn'd with the choicest occurences in the Turkish Empire at that time.; Histoire de Pierre d'Aubusson. English Bouhours, Dominique, 1628-1702. 1679 (1679) Wing B3827; Wing B3842D; ESTC R11209 170,026 520

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