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

Foil-play, Back-sword, Cudgelling, and Boxing,

in which

The noted PARKS, from Coventry, and the celebrated gentleman prize-fighter, Mr. MILLAR,

will display their skill in a tilting-bout, showing the advantages of Time and Measure:

ALSO

Mr. JOHNSON, the great Swordsman, superior to any man in the world for his unrivalled

display of the hanging-guard, in a grand attack of SELF-DEFENCE, against the all-powerful

arm of the renowned SUTTON.

DELFORCE, the finished Cudgeller, will likewise exhibit his uncommon feats with the

single-stick; and who challenges any man in the kingdom to enter the lists with him for a