Research Catalog

Title

The book of games, or, A history of juvenile sports : practised at a considerable academy near London : illustrated by twenty-four copper plates.

Publication

London : Printed for Richard Phillips, No. 7, Bridge-street, Blackfriars : and to be had of all booksellers, 1812

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Details

Description

[4], 168 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. (engravings); 15 cm.

Alternative Title

• History of juvenile sports.
• Juvenile sports.

Subject

• Games > Juvenile literature
• Sports for children

Note

• "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.
• Frontispiece, plates are dated Dec. 24, 1818; published by William Darton.
• Includes table of contents.
• UCLA copy imperfect: pages 137-140 and 4 plates (hunt the slipper, shuttlecock, rocking-horse, skipping) wanting.
• Cf. Gumuchian, 804.
• Cf. Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 435.
• Cf. Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books, 109.

Indexed In (note)

• Osborne Coll.
• Moon, M. Tabart

Call Number

MVFL (Book of games)

OCLC

30759130

Title

The book of games, or, A history of juvenile sports : practised at a considerable academy near London : illustrated by twenty-four copper plates.

Imprint

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)

Indexed In:

Osborne Coll., p. 218

Moon, M. Tabart, 14(3)

Local Note

Courtlandt Palmer memorial collection

Connect to:

Full text available via HathiTrust

Added Title

History of juvenile sports.

Juvenile sports.

Research Call Number

MVFL (Book of games)