Glig-gamena Angel-oeod, or, The sports and pastimes of the people of England : including the rural and domestic recreations, May-games, mummeries, pageants, processions, and pompous spectacles, from the earliest period to the present time ...
1810, Second Edition. London : Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, for White and Co.; Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme [and others]. Finely bound in modern leather-backed, marbled boards. Very impressively finished. Gilt-blocked leather label to spine. Raised bands. Tidemark evident in text from prelims to about p.250. Minor library marks remain. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight and strong. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 357 pages; Physical description: xlix, [7], 357p. , XXXIX leaves of plates : col. Ill. (engravings) ; 29cm. Subjects: Sports - Games - Amusements - England - History. Referenced by: NSTC, S4213. "... Illustrated by engravings selected from ancient paintings; in which are represented most of the popular diversions " --title page. Item #216648
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