Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The boy's book of sports: or, Exercises and pastimes of youth. Embellished with engravings.
Call Number
Hamilton 319s
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/1j92gc43r
Publisher
New Haven, S. Babcock, 1838.
Language
English
Date Created
1838
Extent
24 p. incl. diagrs. front., illus. 14 cm.
Provenance
Bookplates of Carroll Atwood Wilson and Edward Naumburg Jr.
Inscribed "Mr. William J. Norton"--in ink, on first fly-leaf recto.
References
Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1968 ed.), no. 319
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
In slip case, measuring 15 cm.
"The cut on the back cover is by Anderson."--Cf. Hamilton.
Some of the woodcuts are hand painted.
Binding Note
Original wood engraved pictorial paper wrappers.

Discovery Information

Subject
Children's books—18th century
Sports—Juvenile literature

Physical Characteristics

File Count
28

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/41275c86-0336-4229-9dde-9cb95c7eadab/manifest