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Emblemata et Aliquot Nummi Antiqui Operis by Johannes Sambucus published in 1569 and containing one of the earliest illustrations of real tennis, Antw

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£1,000 - £1,500

Emblemata et Aliquot Nummi Antiqui Operis by Johannes Sambucus published in 1569 and containing one of the earliest illustrations of real tennis, Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1569, Third Edition, woodcut depiction of the game of real tennis on p.121, includes a woodcut portrait of the author Johannes Sambucus (1531-1584) and illustrated profusely with woodcuts throughout, blind tooled vellum binding, generally good