FOBO - Hone’s Everyday Book (page 2/6)

[picture: Front Cover, Hone's Everyday Book]

The cover of my copy of Hone’s Everyday Book.

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It seems that my copy of this book once belonged to one B. B. Colvin, probably Beale Blackwell Colvin (1809 – 1865), of Monkham’s Hall, Waltham, Essex; he was the high sheriff of Essex in 1848. [more...]

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Bona Dea - The Earth

(Frontispiece) [more...]

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The signs of the Zodiac, from an 1826 woodcut

These circular zodiac symbols were in the border of the frontispiece of Hone’s Every Day Book. I also have an SVG version, and can supply transparent PNG files. [more...]

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January

A mean wearing warm boots, coat and hat walks through the snow, blowing on his hands to warm them, and is accompanied by a dog. The roofs of a nearby farm and house are covered in snow. [more...]

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Gymnastics for Youth

Children play on swings and on a climbing frame in a park.

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St. Simon Stylites, Hermit of the Pillar

(page 35) [more...]

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