Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, count de Maurepas

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Maurepas, engraving by Dupin de Franlieu, 18th century

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Maurepas, engraving by Dupin de Franlieu, 18th century

Maurepas, engraving by Dupin de Franlieu, 18th century

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