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

Pictures from The Everyday Book and Table Book, by William Hone, 1826, London.

The illustrations are probably by George Cruikshank.

There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for William Hone and another for George Cruikshank.

The book has been scanned entirely and low-resolution page images of the full book are online hosted by Google.

Title: Hone’s Everyday Book

Author: Hone, William

City: London

Date: 1826

Total items: 39

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

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Aquarius, or, the Water Bearer.

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A beast devours a human heart

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Front Cover, Hone’s Everyday Book

The cover of my copy of Hone’s Everyday Book. [$]

St. Simon Stylites, Hermit of the Pillar

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November

A portly man sits astride a bearded centaur. The centaur is wearing a helmet and carrying a spear. The mean wears a monk’s tunic and is mopping his tonsured brow. [more...] [$]

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