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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44891	A treatise of romances and their original by Monsieur Huet ; translated out of French.; Traitté de l'origine des romans	Huet, Pierre-Daniel, 1630-1721.	1672 (1672)	Wing H3301; ESTC R38997	35,979	129

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