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Felix on the Bat; Being a Scientific Inquiry into the use of The Cricket Bat;
Felix on the Bat; Being a Scientific Inquiry into the use of The Cricket Bat; Together with the History and Use of the Catapulta. Also the Laws of Cricket, as Revised by the Marylebone Club, 1845.
London: Baily Brothers, Cornhill MDCCCXLV [1845].
First Edition. 4to, original half morocco gilt with marbled boards, edges worn; title + pp.41, coloured litho. frontis. & 9 plates, 6 coloured, a few wood-engraved text illustrations. Some faint soiling, remains of ink library stamp on title, occasional ink mss. and spotting.
Nicholas 'Felix' Wanostrocht (1804-76), noted English gentleman cricketer, played for Kent from 1830 until 1852, alongside Alfred Mynn, Fuller Pilch, William Hillyer and Ned Wenman. Besides writing this famous instruction book he invented a bowling machine called the 'Catapulta', described and illustrated here, and batting gloves made from india rubber. According to Abbey this is 'The only colour plate book prior to 1850 devoted to cricket'. The illustrator was George Frederick Watts (1817-1904), who exhibited at the R.A. from 1837. The frontispiece is a visual pun: Felix is shown while standing on the back of a bat flying over a cricket pitch. Further original editions were published in 1850 & 1855.
Abbey Life: 396.
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Felix on the Bat: being a Scientific Inquiry into the use of The Cricket Bat;
Felix on the Bat: being a Scientific Inquiry into the use of The Cricket Bat; Together with the History and Use of the Catapulta: contain also, coloured drawings, woodcuts, and Vignettes, Illustrative of the Principles of Batting; New Diagrams and Theoretical Demonstrations, Illustrative of the Great Question of ''Leg Before Wicket;'' A Dissertation on the Different Styles of Bowling [...] Also the Laws of Cricket, as Revised by the Marylebone Club.
London: Bailey Brothers, Cornhill MDCCCL [1850].
Second edition, enlarged. 4to, original blind-illustrated cloth, rebacked, later endpapers, all edges gilt; pp. viii (incl. half-title & title) + 58 + (2)(publisher's ads), coloured litho frontis. & 9 plates, 6 coloured, a few wood-engraved text illustrations. Ink ownership inscriptions on prelim. & title, occasional spotting; frontis. taped in.
Nicholas 'Felix' Wanostrocht (1804-76), noted English gentleman cricketer, played for Kent from 1830 until 1852, alongside Alfred Mynn, Fuller Pilch, William Hillyer and Ned Wenman. Besides writing this famous instruction book he invented a bowling machine called the 'Catapulta', described and illustrated here, and batting gloves made from india rubber. According to Abbey the first edition (1845) was 'The only colour plate book prior to 1850 devoted to cricket'. This second edition has a new introduction and a chapter on bowling. The original illustrations by George Frederick Watts (1817-1904), have been replaced, although the changes seen to be limited to the removal of most of the players' caps and their mutton-chop whiskers. Stylistically they are the same, and the punning frontispiece of Felix riding a bat over a cricket pitch is retained. A third edition was published in 1855.
See Ref: 58718. See Abbey Life: 396 for the first edition.
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El
El "Football" de Salon. The Drawing Room Football. Le Football de Salon.
L. Saussine, Editeur Paris. [n.d., c.1900.]
Chromolithograph, scarce. Sheet: 560 x 450mm (22 x 17¾"), large margins. Tear in margin bottom centre.
An advert for a game called the 'Drawing Room Football' by Leon Saussine a French game maker. Leon Saussine was active from 1860 until his death in 1899 after which point his sons took over the business.
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To His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales. The Plate Representing a Meeting of The Society of Royal British Archers In Gwersyllt Park Denbighshire
To His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales. The Plate Representing a Meeting of The Society of Royal British Archers In Gwersyllt Park Denbighshire Is by Permission Most Respectfully Dedicated to his Royal Highness's most obedient and devoted humble Servant John Emes.
The Figures drawn by R. Smirke R.A. The Landscape by J. Emes. The Aqua-Tinta by C. Apostol.
Published as the Act directs April 1, 1794 by J. Emes, No. 1 North Street, Upper Charlotte Street, London.
Aquatint, scarce. Sheet: 610 x 480mm (24 x 19"). Trimmed within plate and laid on paper
A scene showing a meeting of the Society of British Bowmen, a group started up by Sir Foster in 1787, it gained Royal patronage and the Prince of Wales presented a prize each year. The scene shows a lady taking aim at a target, several other women with bows gather around her, women, men, children and their dogs watch from the side-lines.
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The Village School.
The Village School.
Pub.d Dec.r 1828, by J. Harris, corner of St Paul's and Baldwin & Craddock Paternoster Row.
Engraving, sheet 180 x 100mm (7 x 4").
Two vignettes, including a cricket match taking place at a school, within decorative border.
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