Sports and pastimes of the people of England. Including the rural and domestic recreations, May games, mummeries, shows, processions, pageants, & pompous spectacles, from the earliest period to the present time. By Joseph Strutt. Illustrated by one hundred and forty engravings, in which are represented most of the popular diversions; selected from ancient paintings.
Joseph Strutt (Chelmsford 1749 - London 1802)
Category
Books
Date
1833
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Farnborough Hall, Warwickshire
NT 3206038
Summary
Bibliographic description
lxvii, [1], 420 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm (8vo). Pencil acquisition note: "21/- at Sotheran's 1868". $zLoosely inserted (p.23): Typescript letter, signed 'Hugh' [perhaps Hugh Holbech (1857-1949), Canon of Coventry] to 'Kate' regarding collective nouns for birds, etc; headed: Downton, Shrewsbury; dated: 24.2.29. Binding: nineteenth-century calf; double gold fillet border; gold tooled spine; five false bands.
Makers and roles
Joseph Strutt (Chelmsford 1749 - London 1802) William Hone (1780-1842)