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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 device of Johann Eichorn, printer at Frankfurt an der Oder

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Woodcut title illustration (Jesus Christ with Saints Peter and Paul) by Hans Sebald Beham. Used by Silvan Otmar of Augsburg

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Printer's device of Johann Froben of Basel

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Woodcut of a (fashionably accoutred!) mermaid with two tails holding a flower in each hand. Used by Valentin Schumann of Leipzig.

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

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

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

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Illustrations of four barons of the Holy Roman Empire (from left: Freiherr von Limpurg, Freiherr von Thusis[?], Freiherr von Westerburg, Freiherr von Alwalden[?]) and their insignia, used by Peter Jor...

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Illustrations of 4 margraves of the Holy Roman Empire and their insignia (from left: Margrave of Moravia, Margrave of Meissen, Margrave of Brandenburg, and Margrave of Baden) used by Peter Jordan of M...

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Woodcut illustration of God joining man and woman (or possibly Adam and Eve, specifically) in marriage, used by Heinrich Stayner of Augsburg

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Illustration of four towns of the Holy Roman Empire (clockwise from top left: Bamberg, Sélestat, Ulm, Haguenau) with their insignia, used by Peter Jordan of Mainz

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Illustration of four towns (Bauern) of the Holy Roman Empire (from left: Cologne, Regensburg, Konstanz, and Salzburg) with their insignia, used by Peter Jordan of Mainz

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

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Illustrations of four burgraves of the Holy Roman Empire (from left: Burggraf von Nürnberg, Burggraf von Magdeburg, Ritter von Stromberg, and Burggraf von Rieneck[?]) and their insignia, used by Peter...

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Woodcut printer's device of Christoph Froschauer of Zurich

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Woodcut arms of Ludolf König (hand-colored) used by Georg Osterberger of Königsberg [i.e. Kaliningrad]

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Library stamp (with ms. shelf-mark?) of the library of the Royal College of Physicians of London

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Full blind-tooled pig binding with central panel with figures of Faith and Hope

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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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Illustrations of four Landgraves of the Holy Roman Empire (from left: Landgraf von Thuringia, Landgraf von Hesse, Landgraf von Leuchtenburg, and Landgraf von Elsass) and their insignia, used by Peter...

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

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Illustrations of four knights of the Holy Roman Empire (from left: Ritter von Andlau, Ritter von Strandeck, Ritter von Meldingen, Ritter von Frauenberg) with their insignia, used by Peter Jordan of Ma...

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Woodcut of a saint preaching. Used by Pamphilus Gengenbach of Basel.

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