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- Description is exactly "Dürer’s first verified book illustration, a woodcut of St. Jerome removing a thorn from a lion’s paw, was published in Basel by Nicolaus Kesler in 1492. Dürer’s composition exerted considerable influence on frontispiece illustration in the region. For Kesler’s second edition of St Jerome’s letters, exhibited here, Dürer’s design was transferred to a fresh woodblock. The anonymous cutter skillfully reproduced the earlier work in virtually every detail."
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