Wonders of bodily strength and skill, in all ages and countries
A popular survey of feats of strength, athletics and acrobatics across history, written by Guillaume Depping and translated by Charles Russell for Scribner's general readers in New York, 1885. The plates copy Greek vase painting and antique relief into outline engraving: nude wrestlers, boxers in hand-wraps, archers and trainers with rods, drawn in clean contour with hatched shading and no background.
