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chapbook (Q2558308)

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short, inexpensive booklet; type of street literature printed in early modern Europe
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    chapbook
    short, inexpensive booklet; type of street literature printed in early modern Europe
    • chap-book

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    Chapbooks
    Use for small, inexpensively printed books or pamphlets sold primarily by traveling peddlers beginning in the 17th century. Do not use for 20th century items which represent themselves as chapbooks. (English)
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    arkkikirjallisuus (Finnish)
    skillinglitteratur (Swedish)
    árkagirjjálašvuohta (Northern Sami)
    skillingtryckslitteratur (Swedish)