Author: Members Of Wadham College & Lennard, Reginald [editor]
Title: Englishmen At Rest And Play - Some Phases Of English Leisure : 1558 - 1714
Description: Oxford University Press, 1931, 1st edition. Buckram, VG+. x+248pp, 7 b/w plates, index, spine sunned otherwise a fine copy. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ A series of four essays on the lesiure pursuits of the Eglish working classes from the reign of Queen Elizabeth to that of Queen Anne. From the titles of the essays, much of that time was spent drinking alcohol!

Keywords: English history, food, drink, social history