Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) The Birth of the Virgin (Pl. from The Life of the Virgin). About 1503. Woodcut. 206x295. Bartsch80; Meder192. Very fine proof on laid paper, of the 1511 edition with Latin text typographed on verso, trimmed square, pasted in full on a sheet of strong laid paper. Slight oxidation along edges (caused by glue). Some very light foxing. A wormhole on the lower left box. Two other small holes and misses in the center, one above the staircase, and one in the woman seated in the left foreground. Small gray ink stains at the base of the arch on the left.