Sixteenth century

When you realize you ended that conference call with “I love you.”

From: Andrew Boorde, The fyrst boke of the introduction of knowledge
Printed: London: William Copland, 1555?
Image from: Early English Books Online (STC 3383)

First posted on Twitter for #WoodcutWednesday on 18 November 2015: the original tweet.

Here endeth this leaf of the Commonplace Book, which ſheweth The fyrst boke of the introduction of knowledge (London: William Copland, 1555?), the work of Andrew Boorde and not of this preſs; only the caption is the Senſeſhaper’s. The image is from Early English Books Online (STC 3383). Copied into this book the eighteenth day of November, 2015. Finis.

Cite the original
Boorde, Andrew.
The fyrst boke of the introduction of knowledge.
London: William Copland, 1555?.
Early English Books Online (STC 3383).

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