File:Paume rackets.png

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English: Late 18th-century illustration (badly over-exposed in this scan) of jeu de paume or "real tennis" paddle-bats (battoirs) and (in various stages of construction) strung racquets or triquets.
Date Original upload 2007-03-26, modified 2009-04-17
Source Modified from File:Encyclopedie_volume_7-103.png, a scan of Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (Paris, 1772; Vol. 7, p. 103: "Paulmerie, Jeu de Paulme et Construction de la Raquette"), Denis Diderot & Jean le Rond d'Alembert (actual artist uncertain)
Author Originally uploaded by Yann (talk · contribs), and edited by HannaLi (talk · contribs)
Other versions File:Jeu de paume racquets and paddle-bats, 1785.jpg - smaller, but much less washed out

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