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Missale Pataviense Holiday Card
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Christmas card from Alger Hiss to James Aronson. The front of card is a page from the Missale Pataviense, Vienna, 1512. Inside reads: "Happy New Year to Jim, With deep affection, Alger". Letterpress in red and black inks.
circa 1950-1959
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
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