Sixteenth century

That one friend that overuses hand gestures.

That one friend that overuses hand gestures.
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From
The myrrour & dyscrypcyon of the worlde
Printed
London: Laurence Andrewe, 1527
Image from
Early English Books Online (STC 24764)

First posted on Twitter for #WoodcutWednesday on 19 November 2015: the original tweet.

Here endeth this leaf of the Commonplace Book, which ſheweth The myrrour & dyscrypcyon of the worlde (London: Laurence Andrewe, 1527), the work of its first makers and not of this preſs; only the caption is the Senſeſhaper’s. The image is from Early English Books Online (STC 24764). Copied into this book the nineteenth day of November, 2015. Finis.

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The myrrour & dyscrypcyon of the worlde.
London: Laurence Andrewe, 1527.
Early English Books Online (STC 24764).

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