Francis Willughby’s Book of Games (1665–70)

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Francis Willughby’s so-called “Book” of Games is really an unfinished and unpublished manuscript written by the author in the years leading up to his death. It collects games played by both children and adults — some sections of the manuscript are written by an unidentified child, probably one of his children.

In the order given in the manuscript, the sections are:Not every page is titled in the original, but titles are inferred in Francis Willughby’s Book of Games: a seventeenth-century treatise on sports, games and pastimes.

References

  1. , , and (). Francis Willughby’s Book of Games: a seventeenth-century treatise on sports, games and pastimes. Routledge: London & New York. ISBN: 978-1-85928-460-5. First published in 2003 by Ashgate Publishing.