Gentlemen's recreations, 2 vol. by Howlett (1696) and Peacham (1661)

GENTLEMEN'S RECREATIONS

Two volumes, comprising:

i. [Howlett, Robert]. The school of recreation: or A guide to the most ingenious exercises of Hunting. Riding. Racing. Fireworks. Military discipline. The science of defence. Hawking. Tennis. Bowling. Ringing. Singing. Cock-fighting. Fowling. Angling. London: printed for H. Rhodes, 1696, 12mo, engraved frontispiece, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary calf, [ESTC R41004 (6 copies)], occasionally cut close at edges, tear in p.143 with loss of a few words, neatly rebacked, new endpapers

ii. Peacham, Henry. The compleat gentleman. London: E. Tyler for Richard Thrale, 1661, small 4to, engraved additional title, woodcut illustrations, with 6 extra leaves (EE1-4 and FF1-2) between p.208 and 209, modern brown half morocco, g.e., [ESTC R203169], lacking 3L4 (p.447-8)

The work by Howlett contains a section "Of tennis" (pp.96-98).