Title: Toxophilus
Description: This book is the earliest primer on the sport of archery and its practice.  Roger Ascham lays the foundation for the proper technique used in shooting a bow (in this case the English Longbow) and the equipment needed.  In later years the storage cabinet used to hang an unstrung bow became know as an "Ascham".
Subjects: Archery, Early works to 1800, HIstorical, Practical, Textual Criticism, Archery, juvenile literature
People: Roger Ascham (1515-1568)
Time periods: 16th. Century England