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A32581 By the King, a proclamation for the prohibiting the importation of blue paper England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II); Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. 1666 (1666) Wing C3506; ESTC R213280 1,366 1

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