Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, Volume 1 (of 3) / Containing Lives of the Most Celebrated Pugilists; Full Reports of Their Battles from Contemporary Newspapers, With Authentic Portraits, Personal Anecdotes, and Sketches of the Principal Patrons of the Prize Ring, Forming a Complete History of the Ring from Fig and Broughton, 1719-40, to the Last Championship Battle Between King and Heenan, in December 1863

by Henry Downes Miles

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. P. [vi], changed “un grande punizone del naso” to “un grande punzone del naso”.
2. P. [viii], changed “ourselves the Homeric description” to “ourselves to the Homeric description.”
3. P. [xiii], changed “Bronzi dei Museo Kircheriano” to “Bronzi del Museo Kircheriano”.
4. P. [66], changed “convinced the spectators of quality” to “convinced the spectators of his quality”.
5. P. [90], changed “ars puginandi” to “ars pugnandi”.
6. P. [101], inserted missing anchor for the first footnote on that page.
7. P. [155], changed “A chip of the old block.” to “A chip off the old block”.
8. P. [170], changed “désagrémen” to “désagrément”.
9. P. [186], changed “posse commitatus” to “posse comitatus”.
10. P. [501], added missing “A.” subheading.
11. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling.
12. Retained anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.
13. Footnotes have been re-indexed using numbers and collected together at the end of the last chapter.