Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Strutt, Joseph
| Publication Date | 1876 |
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| Publisher | Chatto and Windus, |
| Binding | Hardback |
| Condition | Good+, sound copy |
| SKU | 26884 |
| Notes | Lightly rubbed. a little bumped to corner tips. Spine a little faded. Slight lean to spine. some foxing to title page and tissue guard for frontis. and to margins of frontis. Clean and sound. |
Description
Hardback. Dark green cloth illustrated in gilt to front and spine with a boards in black showing interlocked oak leaves and acorns. Colour frontis with tissue guard. Edited by William Hone. With 140 engraving taken from a variety of manuscripts. Covers sports like tennis as well as folk traditions such as cheese rolling. A fascinating account of the history of English leisure activities as understood in the early nineteenth century with lively within text illustrations. Joseph Strutt (1749-1802) was an antiquary with a strong interest in social history and the manners and customs of his countrymen. the book has the name plate and signature of Ernest Callard of Little Missenden abbey, Buckinghamshire.
