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De Retz, çala (11  March  1817) Possibly:
Retz, Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal deMémoires du Cardinal de Retz contenant ce quis s'est passe de plus remarquable en France, pendant les premieres années du regne de Louis XIV. 1717 or 1718
In English:
Retz, Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal deMemoirs of the Cardinal de Retz. Containing the particulars of his own life, with the most secret transations at the French court during the administration of Cardinal Mazarin, and the civil wars occasioned by it. To which are added some other pieces written by the Cardinal de Retz, or explanatory to these memoirs… (3 volumes) 1723
Cardinal de Retz published many pieces. Conjecture based on WG's general interest in memoirs.
IS THIS A TRANSCRIPTION ERROR? SEE ITEM 2484.
2482. Maryland
1817-03-13
WG reads this item in the British Museum.

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