Leaves from 15th and 16th century books.

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  • [1] Das drit alter. Page 28 of Liber chronicarum, or the Nuremberg Chronicle in German, originally published by Anton Koberger in 1493. Date of this page unknown. 30 x 43 cm, cut edges. Woodcuts of Lacedemonia and several portraits. Printed on recto and verso.
  • [2] Sexta etas mundi. Page 68 of unknown Latin text, possibly Liber chronicarum, or the Nuremberg Chronicle. Pencil notation at bottom of page: 1497. To columns, black letters with red ink highlights. Woodcut portraits of Constantius, Galerius, Severus Maximianus, Licencias and Marentius. 20 x 27 cm. Printed on recto and verso.
  • [3] Eynexempel. Page 30 of unknown German text. Pencil notation at bottom of page: 1485. Two columns, black letters with blue and red ink initials. 19 x 26 cm. Printed on recto and verso.
  • [4] Lenuoye. Page 120 of Here begynneth the boke of Iohan Bochas, discryuing the fall of pri[n]ces, princesses, and other nobles. Two columns. 20 x 29 cm. Printed on recto and verso. Pencil mark at bottom of pages: 1527. The pages' layouts do not match that of the 1527 Richard Pynson edition as shown in Early English books online.
  • [5] Von trost in widerwärtigen gluck. Page 172 of unknown German text. Pencil mark at bottom of page: 1572. 19 x 28 cm. Woodcut of man touching the hand of God in clouds above; underneath: Schmerz. Printed on recto and verso. Chapter 76 begins on verso, above woodcut.