Selected quad for the lemma: book_n
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B05585
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A proclamation discharging the importing, vending, dispersing, or keeping seditious books and pamphlets
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Scotland. Privy Council.; Scotland. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James VII)
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1688
(1688)
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Wing S1770; ESTC R183452
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