The New York Public Library’s claims on rare, centuries-old books that it says were stolen from it are not time-barred, a judge decided.

The ruling stems from a motion by Margaret Tanchuck, who asked Nassau County Supreme Court Justice Stephen Bucaria to declare her the rightful owner of books long-held in her family: a work book from Benjamin Franklin’s print shop and seven rare bibles published between 1672 and 1861.

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