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Woodcut illustration (possibly representing the devil as a bird-catcher?) used by Heinrich Stayner of Augsburg

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Illustration of the Holy Roman Emperor with the insignia of the Habsburgs and of four dukedoms (from left: Schwaben [or Swabia], Pfalzgrafschaft bei Rhein [or Palatinate], Braunschweig, Lorraine [or L...

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Woodcut illustration used by Georg Merkel of Nuremberg.

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Woodcut illustration of a verse retelling of the parable of Dives and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31) by Jacob Locher. Used by Silvan Otmar of Augsburg.

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

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Note, signed Jacobus Kiechlin, recording the personal purchase of this book by Johannes Faber, Bishop of Vienna, and his bequest thereof on 10 January 1540 to the library of the College of St. Nichola...

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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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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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Woodcut (hand-colored by a reader) featuring emblems of various Swiss cantons (among them, Basel, Berne, Uri, Zug and Glarus) around central Habsburg arms. Used by Pamphilus Gengenbach of Basel.

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Title page of a book from the library of Maria Benigna Francisca Piccolomini (1635-1701)

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Historiated woodcut title border used by Johann Schönsperger of Zwickau

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

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Woodcut of the Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven with the Christ Child, with artist's(?) monogram at foot of image. Used by Wolfgang Stoeckel.

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16th century German binding: full blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards

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

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Woodcut of Our Lady of Sorrows. Used by Valentin Schumann of Leipzig.

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Woodcut, depicting a scholar wearing spectacles and holding a fly-swatter, attributed to Heinrich Vogtherr

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Armorial bookplate of the Pfau family (Winterthur, Switzerland)

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

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Woodcut of St. Paul at his writing table; used by Hans Lufft of Wittenberg

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Woodcut title illustration depicting Jesus Christ blessing the children while his disciples look on within an architectural border; used by Georg Wachter of Nuremberg

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Woodcut used by Valentin Schumann

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Woodcut printer's device of Johann Setzer of Haguenau

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