[Progumnasmata]. The inn-play: or, Cornish-hugg wrestler. . Digested in a method which teacheth to break all holds, and throw most falls mathematically. ... By Sir Tho. Parkyns, of Bunny, Baronet.
Sir Thomas Parkyns (1662-1741)
Category
Books
Date
1727
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3056604
Summary
Bibliographic description
8,xviii,9-64,[12]p., plate . ill.. . 4to.. Imperfect: wants the plate and with only [8] final leaves (index). Bound with xviii page section preceding p.3. Manuscript insertion of 'Park' after 'of Bunny' on title page and manuscript price '3s'; manuscript amendment to dedication on p.xv. Provenance: bookplate of Thomas Dampier [(1748-1812), Bishop of Ely, whose library was acquired by the 6th Duke of Devonshire in 1812].Anonymous nineteenth-century armorial featuring curled snake inside Order of the Garter [Duke of Devonshire] pasted on outer board and gilt-stamped ducal coronet on spine above a swash D, with smaller initials WS [i.e. William Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858)]. Marked 'Duplicate for Hardwick' [i.e. Chatsworth duplicate] and with former number '876' Binding: eighteenth-century quarter calf, marbled paper boards; gilt-lettered on black label 'Parkyns's Wrestler'
Makers and roles
Sir Thomas Parkyns (1662-1741)