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Title: [Antique title page (colophon), 1616] Ein new sehr nützlich Königlich Bergkbuch..., published 1616, 1 p.
Description: Colophon to: Ein new sehr nützlich Königlich Bergkbuch.Published in Leipzig by Henning Gross I, printed by Justus Jansonius in 1616.The printer's device shows St. Christopher walking through the river with the baby Christ on his shoulders. The motto reads: 'Fortitudo mea et laus mea Jehova et factus est mihi in salutem. Exodi 15.' At the four corners, the Evangelists. Monogrammed at bottom center with a HG and a tall cross. Woodcut and letterpress on paper, mounted on cardboard mat; total: 306 x 186 mm; some rubbing, and some wormholes, otherwise in good condition.

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