Shelfmark
En.4.03
Author
Title
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 times / by Joseph Strutt ; illustrated by one hundred and forty engravings, in which are represented most of the popular diversions selected from ancient paintings.
Edition
A new edition, with a copious index / by William Hone.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for William Reeves, 1830.
Physical description
[iv]-lxvii, [1], 420 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Note
Title within ornamental border.
Note
Includes half-title.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Francis Gray, 12th Baron Gray (1756-1842). Front board bears his coronet and initial stamp.
Binding
Contemporary light brown leather; gold tooled double fillet and blind tooled triple fillet frames; gold tooled 'G' stamp on boards, in centre of blind tooled strapwork cartouche; red and blue marbled endpapers; marbled edges.
Copy-specific note
Illustrations have been hand-coloured throughout.
Subject
Games Great Britain History.
Subject
Amusements Great Britain History.
Subject
Sports Great Britain History.
Subject
Recreation Great Britain History.
Added entry--name
Hone, William, 1780 - 1842 editor.
Added entry--name
Gray, Francis, Gray, 1765 - 1842 Baron, former owner.
Added entry--place
England London
Identifier
B32394