Accession number
PML 87712
Published
London : Printed for Richard Phillips, No. 7, Bridge-street, Blackfriars : And to be had of all booksellers, 1812 (London : By J. Gillet, Crown-court, Fleet-street)
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
Frontispiece, plates are dated Dec. 24, 1818; published by William Darton.
Includes table of contents.
24 colored plates illustrating games.
Advertisements.
"Contains descriptions, built round a story, of twenty-four games"--Rosenbach, cited below.
Published in 1805 with subtitle: A history of the juvenile sports, practised at the Kingston Academy; cf. Osborne, cited below.
Includes table of contents.
24 colored plates illustrating games.
Advertisements.
"Contains descriptions, built round a story, of twenty-four games"--Rosenbach, cited below.
Published in 1805 with subtitle: A history of the juvenile sports, practised at the Kingston Academy; cf. Osborne, cited below.
Description
168 p., 24 col. plates : ill. ; 14 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Full sprinkled calf binding. Two lines of gold around edges of boards, with round tool at corners. Five bands. Tooled all over back. Red title label, gold edges, black, blue, etc. marbled ends by R. Wallis.
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