The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England; including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Shows, Processions, Pageants, and Pompous Spectacles, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time...
London: William Reeves, 1830.
8vo, lxvi, 420pp. Illustrated with 140 descriptive woodcut vignettes. Later half calf over marbled boards, backstrip gilt-panelled; bound from the parts, with the original wrappers bound in the rear. Joints cracked but holding.
§ Third edition. The engravings, which are mostly derived from early manuscripts, include an image of a pair of 14th century players of 'bandy-ball,' which is clearly golf. Not a rare book but a pleasant copy seldom found with all the original wrappers intact and in perfect condition. Item #123338
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