Germany Gallery

Gutenbergs printing press, 1450s

Gutenberg and Fust with the first printing press, Germany, 1450s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Johann Sebastian Bach, with scenes from his life

Composer Johann Sebastian Bach, with Thomas Church (upper left), Leipsig Observatory, and Bach Memorial.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Luther at the Diet of Worms, 1521

Martin Luther on trial before Cardinal Cajetanus, Diet of Worms, 1521.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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