Probedrucke. 4 proofs from the workshop of the Cranach press, Weimar. For the Latin (3) and French (1) edition of Virgil. In Jenson antiqua on handmade Maillol-Kessler laid paper. 35.5 x 23 cm. Müller-Krumbach 40 and 41 - "The printing was begun in spring 1914 on the hand presses of the Cranach press in Weimar, interrupted by the World War, resumed in June 1925 and finished in April 1926" (Müller-Krumbach). - Partly faintly stained.

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