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Esula Minor from Herbarium, Plate 46 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

1491, portfolio assembled 1929
Woodcut in black, and letterpress in black (recto and verso), on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat
9.3 × 6.4 cm (3.7 × 2.5 in)

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