Boxania - Or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism - Dedicated to that distinguished Patron of the Old English Sports "Captain Barclay" by P Egan 1823 - a most interesting early Historic Book about bare knuckle boxing at that time. Has viii, 484 pages, 16 pages of adverts., with 16 plates of portraits many boxers of the period & a notable fight. Extensively detailing those many fights. A lot of information regarding the great Boxers such as; Tom Cribb, Belcher, Broughton, Johnson, Mendoza, Perrin & others. Expensively bound in marble boards with ribbed leather spine & gold tooling, size 6" x 9" (although marked Volume I this is a complete edition as there was never a Volume II ever printed)