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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
by Joseph Strutt, William Hone
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/None
- Seller
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Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Item Price
£809.50£688.08
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About This Item
Very good + copy of Strutt's classic study of medieval English games, sports, festival recreations and performances.
First published in 1801 and reprinted many times in both quarto and octavo editions. First quarto edition with hand-coloured lithographs of the annotated edition by William Hone of 1830.
Profusely illustrated with charming figures excerpted from illuminated manuscripts in the British Museum, the Bodleian, Harleian and Royal libraries, etc.
Joseph Strutt (1749-1802) was an English engraver, artist, antiquary and writer famous for his work on the history of English costume and sports.
William Hone (1780-1842), was an English writer, satirist and bookseller.
Contains all forms of mental and physical recreation, from archery to bell-ringing, football to apple-bobbing, chess to bear-baiting, acrobatics to golf, jousting to gambling, opera to maypole dancing.
With 140 b/w engravings in the text, and the same 140 illustrations reproduced on 40 finely hand-coloured, lithographed plates (frontispiece and XXXIX numbered plates).
Fine copy in half red morocco, five raised bands with gilt, leather title label on spine, red cloth boards, marble endpapers. Interior fine with spotless hand-coloured plates and text pages.
First published in 1801 and reprinted many times in both quarto and octavo editions. First quarto edition with hand-coloured lithographs of the annotated edition by William Hone of 1830.
Profusely illustrated with charming figures excerpted from illuminated manuscripts in the British Museum, the Bodleian, Harleian and Royal libraries, etc.
Joseph Strutt (1749-1802) was an English engraver, artist, antiquary and writer famous for his work on the history of English costume and sports.
William Hone (1780-1842), was an English writer, satirist and bookseller.
Contains all forms of mental and physical recreation, from archery to bell-ringing, football to apple-bobbing, chess to bear-baiting, acrobatics to golf, jousting to gambling, opera to maypole dancing.
With 140 b/w engravings in the text, and the same 140 illustrations reproduced on 40 finely hand-coloured, lithographed plates (frontispiece and XXXIX numbered plates).
Fine copy in half red morocco, five raised bands with gilt, leather title label on spine, red cloth boards, marble endpapers. Interior fine with spotless hand-coloured plates and text pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Florilegius
(JP)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Flo176
- Title
- Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
- Author
- Joseph Strutt, William Hone
- Illustrator
- Joseph Strutt
- Format/Binding
- Red morocco, gilt spine, cloth boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1876
- Size
- Quarto, 31.5 x 25cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Joseph Strutt, William Hone, Sports, Pastimes, games, recreation, engraving, medieval, sport, fun,
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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About the Seller
Florilegius
Biblio member since 2019
Tokyo, Tokyo
About Florilegius
Tokyo-based bookseller specializing in European illustrated books from the 18th to 19th century, mainly botanical, zoological, costume and travel. Also Japanese ukiyo-e and woodblock botanicals, flower arrangement, etc.
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- Morocco
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- Octavo
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- Quarto
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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