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.
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