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Auction: 26063 - Where History Meets Passion - SPINK x BUDDS Live Auction
Lot: 22

Rare edition of possibly the first French paperback booklet published on lawn tennis, titled “Regle des Jeux de Croquet et de Lawn-Tennis par Laun”, this very nice edition is complete with 32 pages, with 21 rules of the game and a short essay on “Jeu de Paume”. Significantly, this booklet contains a diagram of one of the earliest types of lawn tennis court showing a serving rectangle or crease at one end of the court, this pattern ceased in England by the mid 1870s

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Estimate
£500 to £800

Starting price
£400