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| Title | The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V. Volume 1 of The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V, William Robertson |
| Author | William Robertson |
| Publisher | W. and W. Strahan, 1769 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 479 pages |
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