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A Nymph from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (The Strife of Love in a Dream), Plate 55 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

1499, portfolio assembled 1929
Woodcut in black, and letterpress in black (recto and verso), on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat
13.4 × 7.1 cm (5.3 × 2.8 in)

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