Sports Magazine - 1797
The image is a scan of the title page of Volume 11 of The Sporting Magazine, an English periodical published in London in 1798. The magazine was the first English sporting periodical to cover all types of sports. Title: The Sporting Magazine or Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf, The Chase, And every other Diversion Interesting to the Man of Pleasure, Enterprize & Spirit. Volume: Volume the Eleventh, covering October 1797 to March 1798. Publisher/Location: Published for the Proprietor by J. Wheble in London. Significance: It is considered an invaluable historical resource reflecting the changes in British society's sports and pastimes.
