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David and the Chosen Men of Israel Accompanying the Ark from The Bible (also called the Ninth German Bible), Plate 19 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

1483, portfolio assembled 1929
Woodcut in black with hand-colored additions, and letterpress in black with rubrication (recto and verso), on cream laid paper
11.8 × 18.2 cm (4.6 × 7.2 in)

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