{"product_id":"a-picture-of-the-manners-customs-sports-and-pastimes-of-the-inhabitants-of-england-jehoshaphat-aspin-1825","title":"A Picture of the Manners, Customs, Sports, and Pastimes, of the Inhabitants of England, Jehoshaphat Aspin, 1825","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn uncommon illustrated survey of English social life, tracing changing customs and recreations from Saxon times to the eighteenth century. Drawing on early chronicles and the work of Joseph Strutt and others, Aspin explores subjects including village feasts, royal pageantry, hunting and hawking, trial by ordeal, masques and mummeries. Written to entertain and instruct young readers, this 1825 first edition retains its original printed boards and all twelve engraved plates.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-test-id=\"listing-title\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Picture of the Manners, Customs, Sports, and Pastimes, of the Inhabitants of England, from the Arrival of the Saxons Down to the Eighteenth Century. Selected from the Ancient Chronicles, and rendered in Modern Phraseology. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, from Strutt and Others. By Jehoshaphat Aspin (some suggest this is a pseudonym for an unknown female author - the confirmed identity remains somewhat a mystery).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"2394\" data-end=\"2745\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePublished by J. Harris, London, 1825. First edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"2394\" data-end=\"2745\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eA good copy of this uncommon work, bound in original Publisher's binding with printed boards and brown leather spine with gilt rules and title. Boards are worn and scuffed, with soiling, and joints are rubbed, with loss to leather at head of spine. Endpapers cracked at front hinge, and first pastedown carries a library 'seal' of a 'J. McMichael, Engineer' of Glasgow and a small Edinburgh bookseller's label (William Whyte).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"3171\" data-end=\"3500\"\u003eSome spotting and marks to endpapers, but overall text is clean with occasional scattered marks and age-related wear. Fragile to the gutter in places, but all still bound. With attractive engravings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"3623\" data-end=\"3639\"\u003eText in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"3623\" data-end=\"3639\"\u003eiv + 296pp + 12 engraved plates (including frontispiece) - collated as complete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"3716\" data-end=\"3778\"\u003eDimensions: approximately 174mm high x 112mm wide x 24mm deep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"3780\" data-end=\"3818\"\u003eWeight: approximately 294g (unpacked).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"7c4puz\" dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"3820\" data-end=\"3829\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56395009884545,"sku":"LAN10440","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/files\/APictureoftheManners_Customs_Sports_andPastimes_oftheInhabitantsofEngland_JehoshaphatAspin_1825IMG_8133A.jpg?v=1791970213","url":"https:\/\/www.lannaantique.com\/products\/a-picture-of-the-manners-customs-sports-and-pastimes-of-the-inhabitants-of-england-jehoshaphat-aspin-1825","provider":"Lanna Antique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}