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Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39015	An Excellent introduction to architecture being a book of geometrical practice, which is the first degree of all arts : wherein is contained variety of examples of that admirable science ...		1679 (1679)	Wing E3801; ESTC R40565	16,859	19

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