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Philips Galle|Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus|Karel van Mallery

The Incubation of the Silkworm Eggs, Plate 3 from "The Introduction of the Silkworm" [Vermis Sericus]

ca. 1595
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20 × 27 cm (7.9 × 10.6 in)

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