The book of sports, as set forth by King Charles the First. With remarks upon the same

All titles

• The book of sports, as set forth by King Charles the First. With remarks upon the same
• King's Majesty's declaration to his subjects concerning lawful sports to be used

People / Organizations

• England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I). (Author)

Imprint

London : printed in the year M.D.XXXIII. [sic] by Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most exeellent [sic] Majesty, and by the assignes of John Bill; and now reprinted in the year 1709. and sold by J. Dutten, near Fleetstreet, [1709].

Publication year

1709-1633

ESTC No.

T492223

Grub Street ID

375199

Description

8 p. ; 8°.

Note

The report issued by James I in 1618, on lawful sports, as re-issued by Charles I in 1633, with remarks upon the book of sports

In the imprint, the first "e" in "reprinted" has been printed upside down

This is a different setting from ESTC T62090. In this setting "King" and "First" are printed in full in the title. The word "excellent" in the imprint has been misprinted and the imprint has "sold by J. Dutten". The text in itself contains various misprints, e.g. on p. 5, in line 30, "has" has been printed as "hrs". The caption title "Remarks upon the book of sports" is printed on line 29 of p. 5. The other setting has "K. Charles the I" in title. The imprint has "sold by J. Baker". The caption title "Remarks upon the book of sports" is printed at the top of p. 5

Unsigned.