1810 Sports & Pastimes of England Strutt Illustrated Games Hunting Gambling RARE

1810 Sports & Pastimes of England Strutt Illustrated Games Hunting Gambling RARE

Joseph Strutt’s ‘Sports and Pastimes’ is one of the most important works on the history of recreational activities in Great Britain. First published in 1801, this work provides accounts on hunting, hawking, archer, stone throwing, golf, tennis, jousting tournaments, dancing, chess, gambling games, and even minstrel plays.

Item number: #22288

Price: $750

STRUTT, Joseph

The sports and pastimes of the people of England; including the rural and domestic recreations, May-games, mummeries, pageants, processions, and pompous spectacles

London : Printed by Bensley, for White and Co., 1810.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [2], xlix, [7], 357, [1]
  • 40 hand-colored sepia plates (including frontispiece)
• References: Lowndes 2533
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~12.25in X 10in (31cm x 25.5cm)
• Always desirable with auction records and price comparisons as high as $2,000

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