1600-1754: Sports and Recreation: Publications

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1600-1754: Sports and Recreation: Publications

Charles Cotton, The Compleat Gamester (London: Printed by A. M. for R. Cutler, sold by Henry Brome, 1674) a description of billiards, bowls, chess, and other popular tavern games;

Cotton, Izaak Walton, and Col. Robert Venables, The Universal Angler, Made So, By Three Books of Fishing (London: Printed for Richard Marriott, 1676);

The Kings Maiesties Declaration to His Subjects, Concerning Lawfull Sports to be Used (London: Bonham Norton &John Bill, 1618) King James Is list of sports that people can play on the Sabbath.

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