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Von Samson dem Nasir Gottes : Wie er von Selila der dirn betrogen/ vnd vmb sein stercke kam/ von den Philistre[n] gefange[n]/ die lasse[n] jhm seine auge[n] außsteche[n]/ vnd wie die fünff Fürste[n] vmb jr leben kommen/ [et]c. : Jn der wyss/ Wie der Geistlich Joseph

Gletting, Benedict · 1634 · bey Samuel Apiario · 1 picture

A 1634 German broadside ballad printed in Basel by Samuel Apiario, with text by Benedict Gletting, telling the story of Samson and Delilah for a popular readership. Its single woodcut shows a scene from the tale, and a designer might take its compact, text-led layout with a framed narrative image as a model for old-world broadside typography.

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