Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60163	The novels of Dom Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, knight of the order of St. James Faithfully Englished. Whereunto is added, The marriage of Belphegor, an Italian novel. Translated from Machiavel.	Quevedo, Francisco de, 1580-1645. aut; Salas Barbadillo, Alonso Jerónimo, 1581-1635.; Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. Novella di Belfagor. English. aut	1671 (1671)	Wing S369A; ESTC R219865	64,311	169

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