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The Cynic’s Calendar (page 1/2)

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Pictures, text and page images from “The Entirely New Cynic’s Calendar of Revised Wisdom, 1905” by Ethel Watts Mumford, Oliver Herford and Addison Miznerr. I bought my copy of this little book in Olivia’s Books in Picton, Ontario. It is out of copyright.

Title: The Cynic’s Calendar

Author: Mumford, Ethel Watts, Herford, Oliver and Mizner, Addison

Published by: Paul Elder and Company

City: San Francisco

Date: 1905

Total items: 10

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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Frontispiece: Jester and Monk

A woman in a red jester’s outfit, including a jester’s hat with bells, and a black-robed monk wearing sandals, and with a black hood, hold hands as if preparing to dance. [more...] [$]

Fox and Goose Decoateive Element

A decorative motif, or page element, from the imprint page, shpwing a fox and a goose (or a duck maybe) reading a book. [$]

Page detail: Art Neuveau border

A detail from the January Week 1 page showing the decorative border, which repeats on every fourth page throughout most of the book. A cat stands on a skull. [more...] [$]

Page detail: Art Neuveau Cartouche

The encyclopedia of the book says that a cartouche is [more...] [$]

Imprint Page

The imprint page shows the printing and copyright information; it also has a coloured design that I have made into a separate image, Fox and Goose. [more...] [$]

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