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A SET OF9
Fine 18th CENTURY COPPERPLATE ENGRAVINGS
REAL (Royal) TENNIS + BILLIARDS
PLATE 1: View of the Court - a
doubles game + Tennis Rackets. (Paulmerie, Jeu de Paulme et Construction de
la Raquette)
PLATE 2: Tools. (Instrumens de Paulme)
PLATE 3: Tools. (Instrumens de Paulme)
PLATE 4: Tennis Racket and Billiard cues. (Instrumens de Paulme et de
Billiard)
PLATE 5: BILLIARDS - Players at Table. Normally offered separately, when
available.
PLATE 6: Plan of Tennis Court and Billiard Room. (1er Plan d'un Jeu de
Paule quarre et Salle de Billard)
PLATE 7: Top elevation of a Tennis Court. (Plan audessus des murs du Jeu
de Paulme.)
PLATE 8: Side elevation of a Tennis court (Coupes du Jeu de Paulme quarre)
PLATE 9: Rez de chaussess plan of interior tennis court etc. (Plans au
Rez de Chassee et audessus des Murs d'un Jeu de Paulme adedans)
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# 1
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DATE PRINTED: 1785 ARTIST:
[BENARD*]
OVERALL SIZE:
Approx. 12x8.5 inches
These fine and scarce
copperplate engravings appeared in 'Recueil de Planches...' Published in
Paris, France & Liege, Belgium in 1785.
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TO SEE A SCAN OF THE SECTION OF THE TITLE PAGE EVIDENCING THE DATE PUBLISHED.
ENGRAVINGS OF REAL TENNIS
A VERY SCARCE INDEED.
THESE 18TH CENTURY ITEMS ARE EXCEPTIONALLY SO.
They are a truly fascinating
record of industrial and commercial processes towards the end of the 18th
century & the machinery, the tools and equipment used. This set covers the
sports of Real tennis & Billiards.
The artists were under the direction of Monsieur Benard
Regretfully I have been unable to translate some of the technical
terms into English, despite the assistance of on-line French-English translation
services ! Please excuse any shortcomings in the translation.
These are genuine original
items printed at the date stated. I do NOT offer modern reprints or
reproductions.
A SET OF 9
Fine 18th CENTURY COPPERPLATE ENGRAVINGS
A game played on a
rectangular cloth-covered table with raised cushioned edges, in which a cue is
used to hit three small, hard balls against one another or the side cushions of
the table. One of several similar games, sometimes using a table with pockets,
as in pool or snooker. A game played with rackets and a light ball by two
players or two pairs of players on a rectangular court, as of grass, clay, or
asphalt, divided by a net. Also called lawn tennis.
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