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Samson slays a thousand men; Samson at centre, holding jawbone of ass, bodies at left, and cowering figures at right, accompanied by German biblical verse to Judges 15 in letterpress; printed to face the antetype of Arrest of Christ; illustration to Peter Perenyi and Augustin Hirschvogel, 'Vorredt und eingang der Concordantzen alt und news Testaments, durch Pereny Petri... Und nachuolgents durch Augustin Hirßfogel... erweytert' (Vienna, Aegidius Adler: 1550). 1548Etching and letterpress
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