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King Charles the First's Declaration to his subjects concerning lawful sports to be used on Sundays; 1860

England and Wales Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I), England and Wales Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) · 1860 · 5 pictures

A Victorian antiquarian reprint, issued in 1860, of the Book of Sports proclamations of James I and Charles I on Sunday recreation, set in period style for English collectors of rare royal texts. Ornament is black-line woodcut in the early modern manner: foliate headbands with putti and scrolling acanthus, a triangular tailpiece, and a decorated initial W on a leafy ground.

National Sporting Library & Museum · F. Ambrose Clark Rare Book Room · Sunday legislation · Amusements · Outdoor life · Great Britain

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