EditorialThe ingenious and diverting letters of the Lady--travels into Spain; describing the devotions, nunneries, humours, customs, laws, militia, trade, diet, and recreations of that people : Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine), 1650 or 51-1705.
EditorialUpper illustration, men on horseback hawking. Lower illustration, ladies hawking. The sports and pastimes of the people of England : including the rural and domestic recreations may games, mummeries, shows, processions, pageants, and pompous spectacles...
EditorialUpper illustration, practising with cross-bow. Lower illustration, cross-bow shooting at the butts. The sports and pastimes of the people of England : including the rural and domestic recreations may games, mummeries, shows, processions, pageants, and ...
EditorialArchery. A man shooting an arrow at a cockerel. The sports and pastimes of the people of England : including the rural and domestic recreations may games, mummeries, shows, processions, pageants, and pompous spectacles. London : William Reeves, 1830. S...
EditorialCommon air pump. Rational Recreations ... The third edition, correc. L. Davis, etc.: London, 1787. Source: 1509/430 volume IV, 8 plate 1. Language: English.
EditorialDiving bell. Rational Recreations ... The third edition, correc. L. Davis, etc.: London, 1787. Various instruments. Fig. 4 is an illustration of a diving bell as devised by Edmond Halley. Image taken from Rational Recreations The third edition, correc...
EditorialSaxon hawking. This engraving shows a Saxon nobleman and his falconer, with their hawks, by the bank of a river, waiting for the rising of the game. The sports and pastimes of the people of England : including the rural and domestic recreations may gam...
EditorialInkstand (?critoire), 18th century, French, possibly Lille, Faience (tin-glazed earthenware), Overall: 11 ? 15 1/4 ? 9 3/4 in. (27.9 ? 38.7 ? 24.8 cm), Ceramics-Pottery, Round the central disc are figures representing the recreations of the Four Season...