Louis Jou (1881 - 1968) ~ illustration for Salomé by Oscar Wilde 1917.

#woodcutwednesday #Salome #oscarwilde

Louis Jou (1881 - 1968) ~ illustration for Salomé by Oscar Wilde 1917.

#woodcutwednesday #Salome #oscarwilde

Louis Jou (1881 - 1968) ~ illustration for Salomé by Oscar Wilde 1917.

#woodcutwednesday

What better way to celebrate the first #WoodcutWednesday of the new year, on a new social media platform, than with a magnificent bird? This "Brazilian Night-Bird' is from Ornithologia Nova, the rare first edition of a notable English ornithology, 1743-45 https://www.blackwell.co.uk/rarebooks/book.php?id=57481

The exciting thing about a whole new social media presence is that I can share things here that I've already shared on Twitter! Such as this gorgeous 1527 third edition - and first illustrated edition - of Hidgen's Polychronicon #WoodcutWednesday https://www.blackwell.co.uk/rarebooks/book.php?id=71425