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Adam vom Bartsch, \"Volume 7,\" Le peintre graveur ... (Vienne: J. V. Degen, 1803-05).

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Adam vom Bartsch, \"Volume 7,\" Le peintre graveur ... (Vienne: J. V. Degen, 1803-05).

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F.W.H. Hollstein, “Dürer,” German engravings, etchings, and woodcuts, ca. 1400-1700 (Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1962).

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F.W.H. Hollstein, “Dürer,” German engravings, etchings, and woodcuts, ca. 1400-1700 (Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1962).

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Campbell Dodgson, Albrecht Dürer (London: Medici Society, 1926). 

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Campbell Dodgson, Albrecht Dürer (London: Medici Society, 1926). 

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Sylvester Rosa Koehler, A Chronological Catalogue of the Engravings, Dry-points and Etchings of Albert Dürer, as Exhibited at the Grolier Club (New York: The Grolier Club, 1897).

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Sylvester Rosa Koehler, A Chronological Catalogue of the Engravings, Dry-points and Etchings of Albert Dürer, as Exhibited at the Grolier Club (New York: The Grolier Club, 1897).

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Rainer Schoch, Matthias Mende, and Anna Scherbaum, Albrecht Dürer: das druckgraphische Werk (München: Prestel, 2001).

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Rainer Schoch, Matthias Mende, and Anna Scherbaum, Albrecht Dürer: das druckgraphische Werk (München: Prestel, 2001).

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