Sports and Pastimes of the People of England de Joseph Strutt, William Hone - 1830: Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Shows, Processions, Pageants and Pompous Spectacles from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

Edinburgh: Printed by Thomas Turnbull, 1818. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 598, iv, 38pp + table. Contemporary brown full calf, red morocco label lettered in gold on the spine, edges stained blue. Large engraved foldout map. With the armorial bookplate of Maclean of Ardgour on the front pastedown endpaper. An in-depth history of the city which also includes sections on the Company of Golfers, the Society of Bowlers, the Royal Company of Archers and the Company of Hunters. Some wear to extremities, small stain to front board, two old repairs to map and front hinge, joints partially split, two small mends to page 163. Internally very clean. A very good- copy. ; Octavo.

London: Printed by P. Rose and Son, Broadmed, Bristol, 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. 44pp. Contemporary cloth backed boards, portrait frontispiece. With the bookplate of Sir George Chetwynd, 2nd Baronet, on the front board and the front pastedown endpaper and the small, gilt bookplate of Alexander McGrigor on the front free endpaper. Also with the small blind stamp of Crendon Hall on the title page and first page. In his book "On Poisons, in Relation to Medical Jurisprudence and Medicine" (Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1848), Doctor Alfred Swaine Taylor states: "The great value of chemical evidence in otherwise doubtful cases of poisoning, was never more strongly shown than at the trial of Mary Ann Burdock at Bristol, in 1835... The body of the deceased had been buried fourteen months: it was exhumed, and the poison discovered in the stomach and viscera." This advance in forensic science led to a substantial increase in poisoning trials. Chipping to spine, some soiling to boards. Internally clean… Leer más

London: Printed for J. Newbery and W. Nicoll, 1765. Hardcover. Second edition in English after the one printed in 1764. 213pp + 1p of advertisements. Recent mottled half calf over marbled boards, raised bands and gold decorations and lettering on the spine, all edges marbled. Light toning to text block, some mild scattered foxing, minor annotations in pencil, name on title. A clean, near fine copy. ; 12mo.

Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. In three volumes. 448, 12pp; 431, 17pp; 303pp + foldout tables. Contemporary quarter calf over cloth, spines elaborately decorated in gold, marbled endpapers. Each volume is signed by the author. An in-depth history of engraving in Europe from the early 1400s to the late 1700s. Includes biographical notes on the artists and tables with the engravers' monograms. Wear to extremities, two tears to cloth (to lower edge of volume two and three), some annotations in pencil on the margins, small note affixed to the front pastedown endpaper of volume one (with an explanation in Italian on how to clean old prints). ; Octavo.

Philadelphia: Printed by Budd and Bartram for Thomas Dobson, 1801. Second Edition. Hardcover. Revised and enlarged. viii, 536, 8, [21]pp. Contemporary full tree calf, red leather label lettered in gold on the spine. Marbled endpapers. According to the author, almost eighty pages of additions and two extra copper plates were included in this edition. With three engraved plates (one foldout), and tables. Includes chapters on grain rotations, beans, maize and wheat culture, farm-yard manure, barns, cattle stalls, cattle pastured and soiled, observations on cattle, sheep, and hogs, fences, butter, rice, potato spirit and beer, thoughts on hired labourers, and more. Also includes an interesting recipe for Parmesan (Parmigiano) or Lodian cheese. Wear to extremities, several wormholes throughout (usually minor), plates I and II were excised, tear to plate V, some scattered soiling, owner's inscription on title. A fair copy. Uncommon. Sabin 6414.; Octavo.

Edinburgh: Printed by Thomas Turnbull, 1818. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 598, iv, 38pp + table. Contemporary brown full calf, red morocco label lettered in gold on the spine, edges stained blue. Large engraved foldout map. With the armorial bookplate of Maclean of Ardgour on the front pastedown endpaper. An in-depth history of the city which also includes sections on the Company of Golfers, the Society of Bowlers, the Royal Company of Archers and the Company of Hunters. Some wear to extremities, small stain to front board, two old repairs to map and front hinge, joints partially split, two small mends to page 163. Internally very clean. A very good- copy. ; Octavo.

London: Printed by P. Rose and Son, Broadmed, Bristol, 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. 44pp. Contemporary cloth backed boards, portrait frontispiece. With the bookplate of Sir George Chetwynd, 2nd Baronet, on the front board and the front pastedown endpaper and the small, gilt bookplate of Alexander McGrigor on the front free endpaper. Also with the small blind stamp of Crendon Hall on the title page and first page. In his book "On Poisons, in Relation to Medical Jurisprudence and Medicine" (Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1848), Doctor Alfred Swaine Taylor states: "The great value of chemical evidence in otherwise doubtful cases of poisoning, was never more strongly shown than at the trial of Mary Ann Burdock at Bristol, in 1835... The body of the deceased had been buried fourteen months: it was exhumed, and the poison discovered in the stomach and viscera." This advance in forensic science led to a substantial increase in poisoning trials. Chipping to spine, some soiling to boards. Internally clean… Leer más

London: Printed for J. Newbery and W. Nicoll, 1765. Hardcover. Second edition in English after the one printed in 1764. 213pp + 1p of advertisements. Recent mottled half calf over marbled boards, raised bands and gold decorations and lettering on the spine, all edges marbled. Light toning to text block, some mild scattered foxing, minor annotations in pencil, name on title. A clean, near fine copy. ; 12mo.

Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. In three volumes. 448, 12pp; 431, 17pp; 303pp + foldout tables. Contemporary quarter calf over cloth, spines elaborately decorated in gold, marbled endpapers. Each volume is signed by the author. An in-depth history of engraving in Europe from the early 1400s to the late 1700s. Includes biographical notes on the artists and tables with the engravers' monograms. Wear to extremities, two tears to cloth (to lower edge of volume two and three), some annotations in pencil on the margins, small note affixed to the front pastedown endpaper of volume one (with an explanation in Italian on how to clean old prints). ; Octavo.

Philadelphia: Printed by Budd and Bartram for Thomas Dobson, 1801. Second Edition. Hardcover. Revised and enlarged. viii, 536, 8, [21]pp. Contemporary full tree calf, red leather label lettered in gold on the spine. Marbled endpapers. According to the author, almost eighty pages of additions and two extra copper plates were included in this edition. With three engraved plates (one foldout), and tables. Includes chapters on grain rotations, beans, maize and wheat culture, farm-yard manure, barns, cattle stalls, cattle pastured and soiled, observations on cattle, sheep, and hogs, fences, butter, rice, potato spirit and beer, thoughts on hired labourers, and more. Also includes an interesting recipe for Parmesan (Parmigiano) or Lodian cheese. Wear to extremities, several wormholes throughout (usually minor), plates I and II were excised, tear to plate V, some scattered soiling, owner's inscription on title. A fair copy. Uncommon. Sabin 6414.; Octavo.