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Man purging fluid from lungs (recto) and Plant for abdominal pain (verso) from Hortus Sanitatis (Garden of Health), Plate 35 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

1491, portfolio assembled 1929
Woodcut and letterpress in black (recto and verso) on buff laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat
8.7 × 6.3 cm (3.4 × 2.5 in)

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