Festivals, games, and amusements, ancient and modern
A 1831 London book by Horace Smith, published by Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, surveying ancient and modern festivals, games and amusements for a general reading public. The pictures are small pen-and-ink line drawings of figures in classical poses, some framed in boxes and others loose on the page, with a designer's takeaway in their simple contour lines and figure groupings that suit historical or sporting motifs.
