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Epistle CXI to Paula and Eustochio from Epistolae (Letters of Saint Jerome), Plate 47 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

1497, portfolio assembled 1929
Woodcut in black, and letterpress in black (recto and verso), on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat
5 × 7.2 cm (2 × 2.8 in)

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