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
A48361	A sermon preach'd at the anniversary meeting of the sons of clergy-men in the church of St. Mary-le-Bow, on Thursday, December the 7th, 1693 printed at the request of the stewards of the feast, to whom it is humbly presented / by Edward Lake ...	Lake, Edward, 1641-1704.	1694 (1694)	Wing L194; ESTC R2388	11,284	33

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