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Woodcut arms of Heinrich von Plauen (hand-colored) used by Georg Osterberger of Königsberg [i.e. Kaliningrad]

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Woodcut illustration of Arachne's suicide

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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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Book label of Dawson's Book Shop in Los Angeles, California.

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Woodcut illustration used by Georg Merkel of Nuremberg.

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Woodcut of Aristotle and Alexander the Great

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Woodcut depiction of the rosary (with printed instructions for prayer in Latin above) used by Friedrich Peypus of Nuremberg

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Woodcut illustration of Helen and Paris

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Woodcut coat of arms of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459-1519)

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Woodcut ('Sauritt des Papsts') after Lucas Cranach the Elder, used by Christian Rödinger the Elder of Magdeburg, of the pope riding a sow, holding steaming excrement

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Stamp from the library of S. Pietro in Vincoli (Rome, Italy)

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Woodcut illustration of Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464), cardinal, theologian and envoy of Pope Eugene IV, holding a girdle book. Used by Georg Rhaw of Wittenberg

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Bookplate of Dr. Bradley H. Kirschberg (1883?-1941), chemist and head of the New York State Police Laboratory

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Device of Vincenzo Pelagallo (Vaccaro 229)

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Woodcut illustration (possibly representing the devil as a bird-catcher?) used by Johann Herrgott of Nuremberg

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Woodcut illustration of the defeat of Cyrus II by Tomyris, Queen of the Massagetae

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Woodcut used by Wolfgang Stoeckel

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Bookplate of the Royal Society (Great Britain)

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Woodcut of a crocodile[!]

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Woodcut of an asp[!]

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Woodcut of Jesus Christ as the Good Shepherd (with ms. note: 'Ecce Agnus de[i] tollit peccata'); used by Melchior Ramminger of Augsburg

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John Arthur Brooke, 1844-1920, Fenay Hall

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Woodcut title illustration (the risen Christ with crown of thorns and marks in hands and feet pointing to a fruit tree with three banners inscribed 'Werck' [Deeds], 'Lieb' [Love], and 'Glaub' [Faith])...

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