The 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 ; [title continued below]:

STRUTT, JOSEPH - FINELY COLOURED

Published by T.T. and J. Tegg London, 1833

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[title continued]: illustrated by one hundred and forty engravings, in which are represented most of the popular diversions ; selected from ancient paintings ; with a copious index, by William Hone.With all the 140 engravings in the text beautifully hand coloured by a contemporary hand in watercolour The title page with the original 1801 title "Clic - Camena - Angel - Deod" added in MS and following the printed text "from Ancient Paintings" has beeen added in MS "and coloured from the original 4to Edin. of 1801",8vo (9 1/8 x 5 5/8 inches(, pages: lxvii:xvi:420, original cloth backed boards with printed label., Label browned and chipped. Title-page and pages i-xxxii detached, 3-inch tear into blank margin of page xxxi without loss, traces of glue on extreme inner margin of these leaves. Page lxvii lower blank margin and blank verso with extensive manuscript "Appendix" listing the sources of the illustrations, this copied from the 1801 edition. This signed "R.J.B February 1837". Bookplate on front pastedown and signature on frobnt free endpaper. Internally very clean. Seller Inventory # 20707

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Title: The sports and pastimes of the people of ...
Publisher: T.T. and J. Tegg London
Publication Date: 1833
Binding: Hardcover
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