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File:Jeu de paume racquets and battoirs, 1772.jpg

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English: Late 18th-century illustration of jeu de paume or "real tennis" paddle-bats (battoirs) and (in various stages of construction) strung racquets or triquets.
Date (publication)
2011-07-02 (upload date)
Source 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)
Other versions File:Paume rackets.png (larger, but badly washed out); File:Encyclopedie volume 7-103.png (full page, also with so much contrast it is ruined)

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Late 18th-century illustration of jeu de paume paddle-bats or battoirs, and (in various stages of construction) strung racquets

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