A Seventeenth-Century Treatise on Sports, Games and Pastimes
by
David Cram, Jeffrey L. Forgeng
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Francis Willughby's Book of Games, published here for the first time, is a remarkable work and an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in early modern social history. Dating from the 1660s, it was left unfinished when the writer died in 1672 at the age of 36. Nevertheless, Willughby's manuscript,...