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A work made of woodcut in black, and letterpress in black (recto and verso), on buff laid paper.

The Fox and the Rooster from Fabulae et Vita (Fables and Life), Plate 25 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

c. 1500, portfolio assembled 1929

Unknown Artist (Basle, late 15th century) printed and published by Michael Furter (German, active 1483–1516/17) original text by Aesop (Greek, c. 620–560 B.C.) portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932)

Germany

Woodcut in black, and letterpress in black (recto and verso), on buff laid paper

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