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Boar and Mastiff
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Etching; only state, Animalium Ferarum & Bestiarum title-page and three plates etched by Hollar eight other plates after Hollar (New Hollstein 1813-1816 2711-2718)
Animalium Ferarum & Bestiarum title-page and three plates etched by Hollar eight other plates after Hollar (New Hollstein 1813-1816 2711-2718), Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Dr. David T. and Anne Wikler Mininberg in honor of Julius S. Wikler 2003
Title: Boar and Mastiff
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Etching; only state, Animalium Ferarum & Bestiarum title-page and three plates etched by Hollar eight other plates after Hollar (New Hollstein 1813-1816 2711-2718).
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