Seventeenth century

The Fancy Hats and Facial Hair gathering was starting to get too weird, even for Tony.

The Fancy Hats and Facial Hair gathering was starting to get too weird, even for Tony.
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From
William Lilly, Monarchy or no monarchy in England
Printed
London: for Humfrey Blunden, 1651
Image from
Early English Books Online (Wing L2228)

First posted on Twitter for #WoodcutWednesday on 24 June 2015: the original tweet.

Here endeth this leaf of the Commonplace Book, which ſheweth Monarchy or no monarchy in England (London: for Humfrey Blunden, 1651), the work of William Lilly and not of this preſs; only the caption is the Senſeſhaper’s. The image is from Early English Books Online (Wing L2228). Copied into this book the twenty-fourth day of June, 2015. Finis.

Cite the original
Lilly, William.
Monarchy or no monarchy in England.
London: for Humfrey Blunden, 1651.
Early English Books Online (Wing L2228).

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