WOODBLOCK, GERMANY. Printer's woodblock with a German vernacular script. Germany, 16th century.
WOODBLOCK, GERMANY. Printer's woodblock with a German vernacular script. Germany, 16th century.

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WOODBLOCK, GERMANY. Printer's woodblock with a German vernacular script. Germany, 16th century.

165 x 143 mm. 13 lines of large German script (some worming and chipping affecting a few letters). Provenance: Robert Hoe (note "From the collection of Rob. Hoe and described as a printers block "as used before types were invented," pasted to back of the woodblock).

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