
1810 Joseph Strutt BALANCING Antique HC Engraving Sports & Pastimes England
ABOUT THIS PRINT BALANCING - PLATE XXI Sports and Pastimes of the People of England Full title: "Clic Camena Angel Deod OR THE SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND: RURAL AND DOMESTIC RECREATIONS, MAY-GAMES, MUMMERIES, PAGEANTS, PROCESSIONS, AND POMPOUS SPECTACLE, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME: ILLUSTRATED BY Engravings selected from the Ancient Paintings; IN WHICH ARE REPRESENTED MOST OF THE POPULAR DIVERSIONS."by Joseph StruttPublished by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London, 1810 (second—and better—edition) Gorgeous original 210+-year-old, hand-coloured engravings of English sports and pastimes through the ages. The sheet size is approximately 8.75 inches wide by 11.5 inches high.Printed on laid paper with the occassional J Whatman watermark (not chain laid). Light text offsetting present on most plates.Mild grubbiness in the margins of most plates, occassional foxing. OUR ANTIQUE PRINT INVENTORY IS TRULY AMAZING...OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS EVEN BETTER!I