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Woodcut illustration of Poppaea Sabina and Nero

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Continuation of a letter from Erskine Neale (1804-1883) to publisher Alexander Elder (1790-1876)

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Woodcut device of Strasbourg printer Mathias Apiarius, ca. 1500-1554

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Woodcut illustration of Venus and Cupid, with Vulcan chaining Venus and Mars while Dis looks on in the background

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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 illustration of Porcia Catonis counseling Marcus Junius Brutus, Julius Caesar's death at the hands of Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus, and Porcia's suicide

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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 illustration of Rhea Silvia and the birth of Romulus and Remus

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Woodcut illustration of Jupiter and Io with Mercury and a drowsing Argus

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Woodcut illustration of Chiomara, wife of Orgiagon of Galatia

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Woodcut illustration of Medusa and Neptune embracing beside a winged horse (either Pegasus or Chrysaor), with Perseus mounted upon Pegasus (following later developments of the Perseus legend) in the b...

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Woodcut illustration of Hercules (dressed as both a man and a woman) and Iole

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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 illustration of Niobe, Amphion and their dead sons

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A circular stained glass ceiling with a pattern of geometric shapes, featuring blue and yellow sections. Red and green floral designs radiate from the center.

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Phenakistoscope Disc with Geometric Shapes

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Device of Sebastianus Gryphius, 1493-1556

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Woodcut illustration of Pope Joan

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

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Woodcut publisher's device of Durand Gerlier of Paris with his address in a rebus

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