Sixteenth century

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From
Stephen Batman, The doome warning all men to the iudgemente
Printed
London: Ralph Newbery, 1581
Image from
Early English Books Online (STC 1582)

First posted on Twitter for #WoodcutWednesday on 4 November 2015: the original tweet.

Here endeth this leaf of the Commonplace Book, which ſheweth The doome warning all men to the iudgemente (London: Ralph Newbery, 1581), the work of Stephen Batman and not of this preſs; only the caption is the Senſeſhaper’s. The image is from Early English Books Online (STC 1582). Copied into this book the fourth day of November, 2015. Finis.

Cite the original
Batman, Stephen.
The doome warning all men to the iudgemente.
London: Ralph Newbery, 1581.
Early English Books Online (STC 1582).

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