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Raising Loans from Navis Stultifera (Ship of Fools), Plate 24 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

1497, portfolio assembled 1929
Woodcut in black, and letterpress in black (recto and verso), on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat
11.6 × 9.6 cm (4.6 × 3.8 in)

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