Wrestling.- Parkyns (Sir Thomas, of Bunny Park)

Wrestling.- Parkyns (Sir Thomas, of Bunny Park)

Progymnasmata: The Inn-Play: or, Cornish-Hugg Wrestler…, second edition ‘with large Additions’, [ESTC T139004], signature of John Loveday to front endpaper (dated 1733-34) and his annotations to text, title page with upper border and small portion near publisher removed (not affecting text), woodcut illustrations, some spotting and offsetting, Cambridge style binding in contemporary calf, Parkyns’ baronet crest in gilt to boards, rubbed, small 4to, Will. Ayscough and Timothy Goodwin, Nottingham, 1714; with another copy, third edition, [ESTC T139003], later frontispiece, woodcut plates, some spotting and staining throughout, bookplates of Harry Arthur James and Sir Robert Jones, 19th century half morocco, loss to foot of spine, for Tho. Weekes, 1727;

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***Sir Thomas Parkyns, 2nd Baronet, known as "Luctator" or the "Wrestling Baronet", was an architect and an enthusiastic patron of wrestling.

John Loveday was an English antiquarian known for his descriptions of English country houses.