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  • A bath-house in which the attendant bathes his customers and applies cupping glasses to their backs. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A craftsman illuminating a document. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A clock-maker is talking to a man outside his shop as he assembles a clock and an assistant works beyond. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Makers of brass basins and bowls at work in their workshop. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A saddler making saddles and girths for horses; saddles and bridles are displayed in the workshop. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A vineyard worker hoeing the ground in preparation for planting vines. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A physician examining a urine specimen, brought to him by an elderly woman. Woodcut by J. Amman, 1568.
  • A merchant haggles with another merchant over a large bundle of goods. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A gun maker is working at the window of his workshop, talking to a customer. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A weaver working on a treadle-operated loom as a woman brings him more thread. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A bath-house in which the attendant bathes his customers and applies cupping glasses to their backs. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A spur-maker (spurrier) working at a bench as he talks to a customer. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Craftsmen making goldleaf. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A lawyer receiving a plea from a poor man. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A man making paper; his apprentice carrying away the finished sheets. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • An astronomer and astrologer in his study, plotting points on a globe with a pair of dividers. Woodcut by J. Amman, 1568.
  • A man is working at a large bowl over a fire, a man at the window is offering to buy his wares. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A craftsman making a woodcut. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Tin-founders and pewterers making jugs, drinking vessels etc. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A typefounder making type characters for printers. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A man and a woman making pins and needles. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A maker of shoes and boots is selling shoes to a woman at the window of his workshop, as his assistants sew and hammer footwear. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Blacksmiths making a horseshoe on an anvil while finished horseshoes hang on a rail in the window. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Stone masons working on blocks of stone, making cisterns, columns, building parts etc. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A man is working at a table making chain-mail, greaves and other defensive armour; another man inspects a product. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A coppersmith who makes kitchen utensils and tankards of copper hammers a brazier on his anvil. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Printers working at a printing press, and setting type. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A baker is loading uncooked dough into an oven, as baked loaves are carried away by a woman. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Men minting coinage. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A mirror maker in his workshop, with convex mirrors on display and two customers trying out hand-held mirrors. Woodcut by J. Amman.