[SWINNOCK, George] The Life and Death of Mr. Tho. Wilson, Minister of Maidstone, in the County of Kent, M. A., [London]: printed in the year 1672, small 8°, FIRST EDITION, contemporary sheep (spine worn, inner hinges split), bookplate of Robert, Marquis of Crewe. [Wing S6277; Padwick Bibliography of Cricket 849]

细节

[SWINNOCK, George] The Life and Death of Mr. Tho. Wilson, Minister of Maidstone, in the County of Kent, M. A., [London]: printed in the year 1672, small 8°, FIRST EDITION, contemporary sheep (spine worn, inner hinges split), bookplate of Robert, Marquis of Crewe. [Wing S6277; Padwick Bibliography of Cricket 849]

拍品专文

A WORK KNOWN FOR ITS EARLY REFERENCE TO CRICKET. Chapter XVIII, p. 40: "Maidstone was formerly a very profane Town, insomuch that I have seen Morrice dancing, Cudgel playing, Stool-ball, Crickets, and many other sports openly and publickly on the Lords Day ...." Thomas Wilson's biographer goes on to state that "The former vain sinful customes of sports were reformed before his [Wilson's] coming." Wilson came to Maidstone in about 1640 which establishes that in Kent at least cricket was already being played by adults in the reign of Charles I.