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ALBRECHT DÜRER
Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg
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Engraving, 1519. 146x96 mm; 5
3
/
4
x3
7
/
8
inches.
A superb, dark and richly-inked Meder I a
impression, with the letter A in the word
PRIMAS (fifth line, last word) still showing
the corrected prior letter V, and with very
strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Bull’s
head watermark (Meder 79, which he dates
from the late 1400s/early 1500s and notes
for the earliest impressions of this subject).
Bartsch 102; Meder 100.
[3,000/5,000]
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ALBRECHT DÜRER
Willibald Pirkheimer
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Engraving, 1524. 181x115 mm; 7
1
/
4
x4
1
/
2
inches.A very good, evenly-printed Meder
I e impression, with good contrasts.With
thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark.
Bartsch 106; Meder 103.
[2,000/3,000]
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