A work made of woodcut in black with hand-colored additions, and letterpress in black with rubrication (recto and verso), on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat.

Life of Saint Pirminius from Heiligenleben, Winterteil (Lives of the Saints, Wintertime), Plate 1 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

1471, portfolio assembled 1929

Unknown Artist (Augsburg, 15th century) printed and published by Günther Zainer (German, active 1468-1478) original text by Jacobus de Voragine (Italian, c. 1230–1298) portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932)

Germany

Woodcut in black with hand-colored additions, and letterpress in black with rubrication (recto and verso), on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat

Prints and Drawings