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  • Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.
  • A flowering plant (Loranthus bicolor) and two ciphers of the artist, Melchior Lorch. Etching by J. Pass, c. 1814.
  • Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.
  • Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.
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    The boxed initials of three of the Passe family and two plants: a Paspalum grass and Passerina species. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1821.

    | Date: [1821] | Reference: 25516i
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    Sammlung von Initialen aus Werken vom 11.-17. Jahrhundert / herausgegeben von Xaver Arnold.

    | Date: [1890, ©1889]
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    A flowering plant (Loranthus bicolor) and two ciphers of the artist, Melchior Lorch. Etching by J. Pass, c. 1814.

    | Date: 10 December 1814 | Reference: 25525i
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    Alphabets & numbers of the Middle Ages / by Henry Shaw ; introduction by Rowan Watson.

    Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873. | Date: [1988], ©1988
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    Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.

    | Date: 1555 | Reference: 24653i
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