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\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage[super]{nth}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\pgfplotstableread{
Century Manuscripts Books
6       13552           nan
7       10639           nan
8       43702           nan
9       201742  nan
10      135637  nan
11      212030  nan
12      768721  nan
13      1761951 nan
14      2746951 nan
15      4999161 12589000
16       nan            217444000
17      nan             531941000
18      nan             983874000
}\datatable
 
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        xlabel=Century, xlabel style={yshift=-1ex},ylabel=Number\\ of Copies,
         ylabel style={rotate=-90, align=left, anchor=east, xshift=-5ex, name=ylabel},
        title={European Output of Printed Books ca. 1450--1800$^{\text{\tiny{*}}}$},
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\node at (current axis.below south) [anchor=north, align=left, font=\tiny] {$^*$without Southeast Europe (Ottoman realm) and Russia};
 
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