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The Third Knot, tipped into The Painter's Manual and other texts. Albrecht Dürer; German, 1471-1528. Date: 1525-1538. Dimensions: 292 x 200 mm (sheet). Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper, tipped into book of woodcuts and letterpress on cream laid paper, in full alum-tawed pigskin over beveled wooden boards, sewn on raised thongs, blind tooled 'all-over' with small tools, with two brass hook-clasp fastenings and hand-sewn headbands. Origin: Germany.