Walker’s Manly Exercises,.
Original green cloth binding with gilt titles and decorative gilt-stamped spine. All edges gilt. A very attractive clean copy with the book plate of Henry, Duke of Gloucester.
£450.00
Publisher
London: Wm. S. Orr and Co., Amen Corner, Paternoster Row.,
Date
1839
Synopsis
To which is now added racing, hunting and shooting, and the whole carefully revised by 'craven' (john william carleton).
Item Description
Sixth edition. Frontispiece + engraved title page + [viii] + 264 pp with 62 engraved plates and wood-engraved head- and tailpieces.
Notes
Activities covered in this book in addition to physical exercise include Swimming, Rowing, Sailing, Horse Riding, Carriage Driving, the Turf (Racing), Hunting, and Shooting. The first edition [1835] of this book was so popular that a second edition was requested within two weeks and, as here, is into its sixth incarnation within only four years, with illustrations by F. Howard and H. Alken. Walker sang the praises of Training as being essential to all exercise - 'nay, it supercedes medicine by banishing disease'. Walker explained that he was not interested in mere pastimes but the acquirements necessary to the highest degree of bodily and mental accomplishment. This fascinating work promotes health through correct, diverse and energetic exercise and shows that the current trend for such things is by no manner an invention of the 21st century. There is much to be learnt from this little tome.
[Stock No. 19910]
