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The Fox and the Rooster from Fabulae et Vita (Fables and Life), Plate 25 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

c. 1500, portfolio assembled 1929
Woodcut in black, and letterpress in black (recto and verso), on buff laid paper
7.9 × 11.5 cm (3.1 × 4.5 in)

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