Glig-Gamena Angel-Deod, or the Sports and Pasttimes of the People of the People of England; Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May-Games, Mummeries, Pageants, Processions, and Pompous Spectacles
London: T. Bensley for White and Co., 1810. Second Edition. 1/4 leather. 30.5 x 23.5 cm. Quarto. 357 pages. 59 sepia plates. Contemporary brown quarter calf with 5 raised bands to spine. Marble boards, endpapers and foredges. Fairly extensive foxing to the plates. Expert mending to front and rear joint. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. Binding is tight. Item #55649
First published in 12801, Strutt's was the standard guide to the history, customs, and rules of every sport and board game known to Britain. These included: chess, tennis, falconry, hunting, billiards, swimming, track and field, archery, rowing, wrestling, angling, horse-racing, skating, sailing, puppetry, minstrel singing, juggling, fencing, fire-eating, bull-baiting, bowling, dominos, various card-games, dice, jousting, an early form of baseball.
Price: $250.00