With #Eclipse2017 still on our minds, we noticed this edition of A Dissertation on the Eclipse
With #Eclipse2017 still on our minds, we noticed this edition of A Dissertation on the Eclipse Mentioned by Phlegon with its lovely #woodcut text ornaments, including a fine #tailpiece for this #FinisFriday. Athur Ashley Sykes (1684–1756), A Dissertation on the Eclipse Mentioned by Phlegon, or, An Enquiry Whether that Eclipse had any Relation to the Darkness which Happened at our Saviour’s Passion (London: Printed for James and John Knapton, 1732). -- source link
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