Image: Jeu de paume racquets and battoirs, 1772
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Description: Late 18th-century illustration of jeu de paume or "real tennis" paddle-bats (battoirs) and (in various stages of construction) strung racquets or triquets.
Title: Jeu de paume racquets and battoirs, 1772
Credit: Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (Paris, 1772; Vol. 7, p. 103: Paumier, Pl. I. "Paulmerie, Jeu de Paulme et Construction de la Raquette"), Denis Diderot & Jean le Rond d'Alembert
Author: J.-R. Lucotte (?–?), del. (drawing) Robert Bénard (1734–1777), fecit. (engraving)
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