Glig-gamena angel-deod : or, the sports and pastimes of the people of England ; including the rural and domestic recreations, May-games, mummeries, pageants, processions, and pompous spectacles, from the earliest period to the present time ; illustrated by engravings selected from ancient paintings ; in which are represented most of the popular diversions / By Joseph Strutt.

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Strutt, Joseph, 1749-1802, Glig-gamena angel-deod , 1801

Creator:: Strutt, Joseph, 1749–1802
Title(s):: Glig-gamena angel-deod : or, the sports and pastimes of the people of England ; including the rural and domestic recreations, May-games, mummeries, pageants, processions, and pompous spectacles, from the earliest period to the present time ; illustrated by engravings selected from ancient paintings ; in which are represented most of the popular diversions / By Joseph Strutt.
Published/Created:: London : Printed by T. Bensley, 1801.
Physical Description:: 1 p.l., 1, [6], 301, [1] p. : col. front., XXXIX col. pl. ; 30 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Sporting 2146
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1273831
Classification:: Books
Notes:: BAC: British Art Center copy: Red striated calf; tooled in gilt on front and back covers and spine, gold lettering on spine, all edges marbled, green place-marking ribbon. Frontispiece, title-page, errata note, 40 plates of hand-colored engravings. Illustrated by engravings selected from ancient paintings. Spine height: 12 1/8 inches.
Subject Terms:: England -- Social life and customs.
Games -- England.
Sports -- England.
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