[Rarebooks] fa: GEORGE CRUIKSHANK - PHILOSOPHY IN SPORT 3 vols in 1 - 1827

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

Listed now, along with some other 19th-century British literature,  
auctions ending Sunday, Feb. 7. Details and images can be found at the  
URL below or by searching under the seller name arch_in_la.

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Thanks,
Ardwight Chamberlain
L.A., CA USA


[John Ayrton Paris:] Philosophy in Sport made Science in Earnest;  
Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural  
Philosophy by the Aid of Popular Toys and Sports. London: Printed for  
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, Paternoster-Row, 1827. FIRST  
EDITION. Three volumes bound in one. Thick 8vo (19.5 cm); 19th-century  
half roan and pebbled cloth, gilt-stamped titles, top page edges gilt,  
marbled endpapers; xviii, 316; viii, 314, 2; vi, 207, [1] p.; with all  
three half-title and title-pages bound in, lacking publisher's  
adverts; illustrated. Cohn 626.
Illustrated throughout with woodcuts by George Cruikshank. A charming  
series of tales and experiments aimed at explaining scientific  
principles to a young audience. Many popular games and gadgets of the  
time are described and analyzed, including pop-guns, soap-bubbles,  
whiz-gigs, shuttle-cocks, kites, tricks, optical illusions, the game  
of marbles, etc. Of particular interest is Dr. Paris's introduction of  
the "thaumatrope", an optical toy considered a significant forerunner  
of modern cinema. The work is dedicated to Maria Edgeworth.