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The life and actions of Lewis Dominique Cartouche: : who was broke alive upon the wheel at Paris, Nov.28. 1721. N.S. Relating at large his remarkable adventures, desperate enterprises, and various escapes. ... Translated from the French

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Publication date: 1722.
Call number: 121900
Dimensions: (8vo)
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