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Hazelwort from Gart der Gesundheit (Garden of Health), Plate 16 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

1487, portfolio assembled 1929
Woodcut and letterpress in black with rubrication (recto), and letterpress in black with rubrication and pen and brown ink additions (verso), on buff laid paper
9.2 × 5.6 cm (3.6 × 2.2 in)

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