Sixteenth century

“Manscaping, motherfucker.”

"Manscaping, motherfucker."
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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 19 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 nineteenth 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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