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Babylon from Schedel Weltchronik (Schedel's World History), Plate 9 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

1496, portfolio assembled 1929
Woodcut and letterpress in black (recto and verso) on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat
8.6 × 13.9 cm (3.4 × 5.5 in)

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