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Speciosvs Forma Prae Filiis Hominvm (Psalms 45:2)

Artist: Workshops of Pedro Ocharte and Antonio Ricardo
Title: Speciosvs Forma Prae Filiis Hominvm (Psalms 45:2)
Date: Originally printed by Ocharte and Ricardo in Mexico City in 1578; reprinted by Ricardo in Lima in 1584.
Medium: Woodcut (75mm x 75mm) with an R added by letterpress relief (metalcut). Illustration to folio 73v of Doctrina Christiana y Catecismo […] Compuesto por auctoridad del Concilio Prouincial, que se celebro en la Ciudad de los Reyes el año de 1583[.] Impresso en la Ciudad de los Reyes por Antonio Ricardo, primero impressor en estos Reynos del Piru. Año de MDLXXXIIII.
Location: Antigua Imprenta de Antonio Ricardo, Lima, Perú.
Photo Source: Biblioteca Nacional del Perú

Note: Evidence that an R has been added by a metalcut: (a) the shape of this R differs from that of the one printed elsewhere in the text (i.e. the R in FORMA), (b) it is misaligned vis-à-vis the other letters of the word, and (c) there are no signs of embedding a new R-block within the original woodblock. The impression at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid likewise seems to have an R letterpressed in.
Item: 4591D