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Virgilius Solis, the Elder

Schöne Figuren vor alle Fabeln Esopi (Aesop's Fables), plate eleven from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

1566, assembled into portfolio 1937
Woodcut on paper
4.9 × 6.7 cm (1.9 × 2.6 in)

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