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Pictures from Bill Nye’s History of England by (as you guessed) Bill Nye, in 1896; my copy is dated 1900 and has a preface that mentions the death of the author.

The cartoons are by W. M. Goodes and A. M. Richards.

Front Cover detail: jester reading a book

Front Cover detail: jester reading a book

Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

A man in a red jester’s mediaeval outfit reads a book. At first I thought he was a gnome or pixie, but in fact a jester is more appropriate for the cover of this humorous book!

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Added: 2006-06-10

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Front cover

Front cover

Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

The front cover; the book is bound in plain buckram, with a cute design on the front of a gnome or pixie curled up reading a book, done in red and black with goild foil. The pixie is available as a se [...]

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Added: 2006-06-10

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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