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Michel Wolgemut

Nuremberg Chronicle

1493
Woodcut and letterpress in black, with brush and watercolor, pen and ink on ivory laid paper, in modern full alum-tawed pigskin over wooden boards, sewn on raised bands, with blind tooled lines in frame pattern, blind tooling and hand-lettered title on the spine, and hand-sewn linen headbands
33 × 7 cm (13 × 2.8 in)

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