An original complete 8-page edition of The London Chronicle for July 25th – 28th, 1789, 11½ inches by 8 inches, set in 3 columns. The Chronicle was a popular thrice-weekly London evening paper that was published by author, poet, publisher, playwright editor and bookseller, Robert Dodsley (a friend of Samuel Johnson) from 1757 to 1806. The middle column of page 3 of the paper (numbered 91 in the publisher’s sequence), is headed CRICKET and after an introductory paragraph about the unseasonable weather, the entire account of the new MCC laws occupies one complete column and one third of the adjacent column, ending with some rules on "Betts". The newspaper, hand-printed on robust rag paper of the period, is in excellent condition with most of its original red tax stamp present at the foot of page 4. The MCC was formed in 1787 and produced the first official Laws of the Game of Cricket in 1788. Extensive research in contemporary journals has failed to produce an earlier printing in any other newspaper of the 1788 Laws of the Game. As to rarity, the MCC have confirmed that there is no copy of this newspaper in the MCC Museum at Lord’s.
An original complete 8-page edition of The London Chronicle for July 25th – 28th, 1789, 11½ inches by 8 inches, set in 3 columns. The Chronicle was a popular thrice-weekly London evening paper that was published by author, poet, publisher, playwright editor and bookseller, Robert Dodsley (a friend of Samuel Johnson) from 1757 to 1806. The middle column of page 3 of the paper (numbered 91 in the publisher’s sequence), is headed CRICKET and after an introductory paragraph about the unseasonable weather, the entire account of the new MCC laws occupies one complete column and one third of the adjacent column, ending with some rules on "Betts". The newspaper, hand-printed on robust rag paper of the period, is in excellent condition with most of its original red tax stamp present at the foot of page 4. The MCC was formed in 1787 and produced the first official Laws of the Game of Cricket in 1788. Extensive research in contemporary journals has failed to produce an earlier printing in any other newspaper of the 1788 Laws of the Game. As to rarity, the MCC have confirmed that there is no copy of this newspaper in the MCC Museum at Lord’s.
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