Yale Center for British Art

Title:

The sporting calendar: containing an account of the plates, matches, and sweepstakes that have been run for in Great-Britain and Ireland ...

Alternate Title(s):

Sporting calendar

Published / Created:

London: Printed for J. Miller, at No.2, Queen's-Head passage, Paternoster-Row, 1770-

Physical Description:

v. 18 cm.

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Sporting 2301
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Periodicals

Notes:

BEIN 1971 S2: Covers have armorial design of small crown with capital P beneath.

BEIN 1971 S2: v.6, p.319/320 trimmed.

BAC: British Art Center copy: 8 volumes. Volume I (published in 1770) - Volume VIII (1777). Full tan calf; red and black leather labels with gold lettering and gold lines on spine, spine title: Racing Calendar, gold stamped on cover edges. The racing seasons chronicled are 1769-1776. Spine height: 6 5/8 inches.

Sub-title varies slightly.

By William Tuting and Thomas Fawconer (successors to Mr. Heber) 1769-1772; 1773- by Thomas Fawconer.

Vol. 2, 1770 have no imprints.

Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, A3

Subject Terms:

Horse racing -- Periodicals. | Horse racing -- Great Britain. | Sports -- Periodicals. | Portland, Dukes of. Library (Welbeck Abbey)

Contributors:

Tuting, William. | Fawconer, Thomas.