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    Jost Amman (June 13, 1539 – March 17, 1591) was a Swiss-German artist, celebrated chiefly for his woodcuts, done mainly for book illustrations. Amman...
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  • Jost is both a German given name and a surname and a Jewish (Ashkenazi) surname. Notable people with the name include: Jost Amman (1539–1591), Swiss Jost...
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  • surname include: Johann Amman (1707–1741), Swiss-Russian botanist Jost Amman (1539–1591), Swiss artist Mir Amman, Urdu writer Paul Amman (1634–1691), German...
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    by German Renaissance goldsmith Wenzel Jamnitzer, with engravings by Jost Amman, published in 1568. Despite its Latin title, Perspectiva corporum regularium...
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    Spiessgasse (pike-alley), from the Frundsberger War Book of Jost Amman, 1525...
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    August 31, 2024. Wintle, Simon (July 3, 1996). "The Book of Trades by Jost Amman, 1588". www.wopc.co.uk. The World of Playing Cards. Retrieved August 31...
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    "THE DECK BY JOST AMMAN". Andy's Playing Cards. Retrieved August 25, 2024. Wintle, Simon (July 3, 1996). "The Book of Trades by Jost Amman, 1588". The...
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    on 27 September 1446. Skanderbeg's return to Krujë, 1444 (woodcut by Jost Amman) A woodcut of the battle of Varna in 1444 At the beginning of the Albanian...
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    Bas de page detail from a portrait print of Coligny, Jost Amman, 1573. Coligny is shot at left, and killed at right....
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    Skanderbeg's return to Krujë, 1444 (woodcut by Jost Amman)...
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