Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

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Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61359	An essay upon Statius, or, The five first books of Publ. Papinius Statius his Thebais done into English verse by T.S., with the poetick history illustrated.; Thebais. Liber 1-5. English	Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius).; Stephens, Thomas, d. 1677.	1648 (1648)	Wing S5335; ESTC R21944	118,459	166

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