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London: Printed under the Authority of his Majesty's Stationery Office, by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Limited, East Harding Street, EC, p. 52"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Jones, Mark. <u>Catalogue of the French Medals in the British Museum</u>, Vol II, 1600-1672. London: 1988, pp. 58-61, Nos 15&16"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Cohen, Sarah R. <u>Ruben's France: Gender and Personification in the Marie de Medicis Cycle</u>. 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