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
1830
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3248925
Summary
Bibliographic description
A new edition, with a copious index, by William Hone, ... lxvii,[1],420 p. : ill. ; 8vo. Provenance: inscribed "Stamford, Weybridge" [i.e. William Grey, 9th Earl of Stamford (1850-1910)]. Binding: nineteenth-century half calf, with marbled paper on boards; blind tooled spine with five false bands; gilt lettered black spine label: Strutt's Sports & pastimes.
Makers and roles
Joseph Strutt (Chelmsford 1749 - London 1802) William Hone (1780-1842)