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George Taylor
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George Taylor

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Woodcut printer's device of Christoph Froschauer of Zurich
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Woodcut printer's device of Christoph Froschauer of Zurich

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Woodcut device of Parisian printer Galliot Du Pré, d. 1561.
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Woodcut device of Parisian printer Galliot Du Pré, d. 1561.

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Woodcut printer's device of Johann Setzer of Haguenau
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Woodcut printer's device of Johann Setzer of Haguenau

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Woodcut illustration of Pyramus and Thisbe
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Woodcut illustration of Pyramus and Thisbe

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19th-century English legal document, possibly a contract between Henry Handy and Thomas Milbourne Blome, witnessed by Henry George Robinson, a solicitor who practiced at 6 Half-Moon Street, Piccadilly...
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19th-century English legal document, possibly a contract between Henry Handy and Thomas Milbourne Blome, witnessed by Henry George Robinson, a solicitor who practiced at 6 Half-Moon Street, Piccadilly...

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Woodcut illustrating the life of Cyrus, King of Persia. Used by Christian Egenolff of Frankfurt am Main.
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Woodcut illustrating the life of Cyrus, King of Persia. Used by Christian Egenolff of Frankfurt am Main.

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Forgive them for they know not what they do!
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Forgive them for they know not what they do!

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Woodcut title-page with stamp from the Fürstlich Stolberg-Wernigerodesche Bibliothek
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Woodcut title-page with stamp from the Fürstlich Stolberg-Wernigerodesche Bibliothek

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Device of the author Lodovico Castelvetro, 1505-1571
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Device of the author Lodovico Castelvetro, 1505-1571

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Woodcut illustration of the wives of the Cimbrians
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Woodcut illustration of the wives of the Cimbrians

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Woodcut illustration of the goddess Juno as patron of marriage
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Woodcut illustration of the goddess Juno as patron of marriage

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I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one of them (Occupy DC)
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I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one of them (Occupy DC)

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Woodcut illustration in which God the Father, appearing in the sky, threatens vengeance upon the sinful people of the earth, while pope, king, and a well-dressed man with a sword and a hat, beg to be...
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Woodcut illustration in which God the Father, appearing in the sky, threatens vengeance upon the sinful people of the earth, while pope, king, and a well-dressed man with a sword and a hat, beg to be...

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Woodcut illustration of the death of Harmonia of Syracuse and her body double
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Woodcut illustration of the death of Harmonia of Syracuse and her body double

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Woodcut illustration of the birth of Jupiter to Ops with Saturnus and Titanus present
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Woodcut illustration of the birth of Jupiter to Ops with Saturnus and Titanus present

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Ornamental woodcut border with images of biblical scenes (Adam and Eve's creation, Temptation and Fall from Paradise), angels, David and Moses
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Ornamental woodcut border with images of biblical scenes (Adam and Eve's creation, Temptation and Fall from Paradise), angels, David and Moses

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Edward Nichols Crane, 1846-1911
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Edward Nichols Crane, 1846-1911

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Woodcut of a lion and a stag
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Woodcut of a lion and a stag

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Woodcut coat of arms of Castilla y Leon with the imprint written beneath ('Zaragoza 1552')
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Woodcut coat of arms of Castilla y Leon with the imprint written beneath ('Zaragoza 1552')

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Woodcut illustration of Julia Soaemias Bassiana (or Julia Symiamira) and her son Elagabalus
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Woodcut illustration of Julia Soaemias Bassiana (or Julia Symiamira) and her son Elagabalus

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John Spencer Smith, 1769-1845
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John Spencer Smith, 1769-1845

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Woodcut of Aristotle and Alexander the Great
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Woodcut of Aristotle and Alexander the Great

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Italian lute tablature for two dances ('Romanes[ca?]' and 'Gaglia[rda?]') to be played on an instrument in six courses
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Italian lute tablature for two dances ('Romanes[ca?]' and 'Gaglia[rda?]') to be played on an instrument in six courses

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