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Title

  • Healthful sports for young ladies : illustrated by eleven elegant engravings from drawings by J. Dugourc ... accompanied by descriptions

Names

  • St. Sernin, Mademoiselle.
  • Combe, William, 1742-1823.
  • Dugourc, J. D. (Jean Démosthène), 1749-1825, ill.
  • Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.

Created / Published

  • London : Printed for R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, by W. Clowes, Northumberland-Court, [1822]

Contents

  • The swing -- Blowing bubbles -- The shuttlecock and the see-saw -- The games of thread-my-needle, and the wolf -- The cup-and-ball, the devil, the solitaire, emigrant, dominos, &c. -- Hide-and-seek -- Blindman's buff, and hot cockles -- The hoop and the skipping-rope -- Bowls, nine-pins, and Siam.

Headings

  • -  Games for girls
  • -  Sports for girls
  • -  Sports for women
  • -  Girls--Recreation
  • -  Women--Recreation
  • -  Girls--Health and hygiene
  • -  Women--Health and hygiene

Notes

  • -  Translation of: Jeux des jeunes demoiselles.
  • -  Engravings signed: Pubd. by R. Ackermann 101 Strand, 1822.
  • -  Date of printing based on dated engravings and inscription on Osborne Collection copy: 1822.
  • -  Osborne Coll. II, p. 853
  • -  Includes verses by Dr. Syntax (William Combe).
  • -  Illustrations in LC copy are hand-colored.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Medium

  • iv, 72 p. : ill. (engravings) ; 14 x 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1204.988 .S7 1822

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2009358399

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

St. Sernin, Mademoiselle, William Combe, J. D Dugourc, and Rudolph Ackermann. Healthful sports for young ladies: illustrated by eleven elegant engravings from drawings by J. Dugourc ... accompanied by descriptions. [London: Printed for R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, by W. Clowes, Northumberland-Court, 1822] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2009358399/.

APA citation style:

St. Sernin, M., Combe, W., Dugourc, J. D. & Ackermann, R. (1822) Healthful sports for young ladies: illustrated by eleven elegant engravings from drawings by J. Dugourc ... accompanied by descriptions. [London: Printed for R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, by W. Clowes, Northumberland-Court] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2009358399/.

MLA citation style:

St. Sernin, Mademoiselle, et al. Healthful sports for young ladies: illustrated by eleven elegant engravings from drawings by J. Dugourc ... accompanied by descriptions. [London: Printed for R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, by W. Clowes, Northumberland-Court, 1822] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2009358399/>.