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The opening of the seventh seal and the eagle crying 'Woe'; above, God distributes trumpets to seven angels, underneath a crying eagle is flying towards earth, which is in chaos, with German letterpress text on the verso. One of 15 illustrations of the 1498 German edition. c.1496-7 Woodcut
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