Healthful sports for young ladies
Subtitle: illustrated by eleven elegant engravings from drawings by J. Dugourc ... accompanied by descriptions
By: translated from the French of Mademoiselle St. Sernin ; and interspersed with original poetry and anecdotes.
Contributors: Combe, William, 1742-1823.; Dugourc, J. D. 1749-1825, ill.; Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Publisher: Printed for R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, by W. Clowes, Northumberland-Court
Published: 1822
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Games for girls; Sports for girls; Sports for women; Girls -- Recreation; Women -- Recreation; Girls -- Health and hygiene; Women -- Health and hygiene
Work titles: Jeux des jeunes demoiselles.
Notes: Translation of: Jeux des jeunes demoiselles.

Engravings signed: Pubd. by R. Ackermann 101 Strand, 1822.

Date of printing based on dated engravings and inscription on Osborne Collection copy: 1822.

Includes verses by Dr. Syntax (William Combes).

Illustrations in LC copy are hand-colored.

Osborne Coll. II, p. 853
Table of contents: title: The swing; title: Blowing bubbles; title: The shuttlecock and the see-saw; title: The games of thread-my-needle, and the wolf; title: The cup-and-ball, the devil, the solitaire, emigrant, dominos, &c.; title: Hide-and-seek; title: Blindman's buff, and hot cockles; title: The hoop and the skipping-rope; title: Bowls, nine-pins, and Siam.