Sports et Jeux d'Adresse

par Henry René d'Allemagne, Hachette & Cie, Paris, [1903]

Large 4to., half-leather, spine title in gold print, marbled plates, marbled flyleafs, original illustrated cover bound in, 382 pp., complete with 11 engravings, including 29 hand-coloured and 328 in-text illustrations. Set the standard for history and iconography of sports and activity games. Privately bound, the binding with minimal traces of use. Beautiful copy.