Man purging fluid from lungs (recto) and Plant for abdominal pain (verso) from Hortus Sanitatis (Garden of Health), Plate 35 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century, 1491, portfolio assembled 1929, Unknown Artist (Mainz, late 15th century), printed and published by Jakob Meydenbach (German, active 1491–c. 1495), portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932), Germany, Woodcut and letterpress in black (recto and verso) on buff laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat, 87 x 63 mm (image, recto), 105 x 62 mm (image, verso), 307 x 207 mm (sheet)
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Man purging fluid from lungs (recto) and Plant for abdominal pain (verso) from Hortus Sanitatis (Garden of Health), Plate 35 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century, 1491, portfolio assembled 1929, Unknown Artist (Mainz, late 15th century), printed and published by Jakob Meydenbach (German, active 1491–c. 1495), portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932), Germany, Woodcut and letterpress in black (recto and verso) on buff laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat, 87 x 63 mm (image, recto), 105 x 62 mm (image, verso), 307 x 207 mm (sheet)

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