Fifteenth century

“Are frogs or oxen bigger?” -“Oxen–but only just slightly.” “Done.”

"Are frogs or oxen bigger?" -"Oxen--but only just slightly." "Done."
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From
Aesop, Here begynneth the prologue of the first booke of Esope
Printed
London: Richard Pynson, 1497
Image from
Early English Books Online (STC 176)

First posted on Twitter for #WoodcutWednesday on 27 January 2016: the original tweet.

Here endeth this leaf of the Commonplace Book, which ſheweth Here begynneth the prologue of the first booke of Esope (London: Richard Pynson, 1497), the work of Aesop and not of this preſs; only the caption is the Senſeſhaper’s. The image is from Early English Books Online (STC 176). Copied into this book the twenty-ſeventh day of January, 2016. Finis.

Cite the original
Aesop.
Here begynneth the prologue of the first booke of Esope.
London: Richard Pynson, 1497.
Early English Books Online (STC 176).

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