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The King’s Head, brought before the world #otd 1649.
Still a political football or are the rebellions, revolution and regicide something of a taboo for the English?
Are the French and American revolutions seemingly more prominent in our minds than our own?
Opinions please ...

Suggestions for Christmas gifts 7. A bowl of fruit or a book of illustrated songs for children.

https://t.co/OvMb8zMkn5

Suggestions for Christmas gifts 6. (tho the numbering is not 100% accurate, sorry). A book of ghostly stories.

https://t.co/RMSZMvk7DX

“What are the crying sins of this our State”
Barebones woodcut illustrating a Royalist broadside poem, ‘An Elegie and Epitaph upon ... Lord Francis Villars’ printed in London, 1648. Unique copy held @britishlibrary
#WoodcutWednesday
https://t.co/kKnVNvbcrI

Frontispiece to The dragon knight. A poem in twelve cantos. 2nd ed., by James Bland Burges (afterwards Sir, Bart Lamb) printed in London by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1824.
#dragonsinthelibrary 🐉
#britishlibrary 1570/5386
https://t.co/yJd6ivIRfI

‘Spectropia, or Surprising Spectral Illusions Showing Ghosts Everywhere and of Any Colour’ printed 1864 in London by Griffith and Farran, at the “Corner of St Paul’s Churchyard”
Our absolute favourite #printedhorrortage item this #Halloween
See it online https://t.co/eWtFBIC4Xa

Happy Halloween! 🧙‍♀️🧹🕷🎃
Come fly with some #printedhorrotage from @britishlibrary #rarebooks
We will be sharing our favourite #Halloween item ...