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An account of Poland. : Containing, a geographical description of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and the wars they have been engag'd in; the constitution of that government; particularly the manner of electing and crowning their king; his power and prerogatives: with a brief history of the Tartars

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1698.
Call number: 358840
Creator: Tende, Gaspard de (1618-1697)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 8vo
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