![Jeu de paume - precursor of tennis played without rackets. Popular games, early 20th century France. Liebig collectors' card, 1939 Stock Photo - Alamy Jeu de paume - precursor of tennis played without rackets. Popular games, early 20th century France. Liebig collectors' card, 1939 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/JF8XEJ/jeu-de-paume-precursor-of-tennis-played-without-rackets-popular-games-JF8XEJ.jpg)
Jeu de paume - precursor of tennis played without rackets. Popular games, early 20th century France. Liebig collectors' card, 1939 Stock Photo - Alamy
![The game of paume (real tennis), 18th century. A man with racquet watches other nobles playing real tennis over a net in a courtyard. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagne's Sports and Games The game of paume (real tennis), 18th century. A man with racquet watches other nobles playing real tennis over a net in a courtyard. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagne's Sports and Games](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/P6H6AE/the-game-of-paume-real-tennis-18th-century-a-man-with-racquet-watches-other-nobles-playing-real-tennis-over-a-net-in-a-courtyard-lithograph-from-henry-rene-allemagnes-sports-and-games-of-skill-sports-et-jeux-dadresse-librairie-hachette-paris-1903-P6H6AE.jpg)
The game of paume (real tennis), 18th century. A man with racquet watches other nobles playing real tennis over a net in a courtyard. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagne's Sports and Games
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De la paume au tennis (Culture et société) (French Edition): Bonhomme, Guy: 9782070531349: Amazon.com: Books
![A game of tennis, 1659. Real tennis is the original racquet sport from which the modern game of tennis is derived. It is also known as court tennis in the United States, A game of tennis, 1659. Real tennis is the original racquet sport from which the modern game of tennis is derived. It is also known as court tennis in the United States,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/W60BRJ/a-game-of-tennis-1659-real-tennis-is-the-original-racquet-sport-from-which-the-modern-game-of-tennis-is-derived-it-is-also-known-as-court-tennis-in-the-united-states-formerly-royal-tennis-in-england-and-australia-and-courte-paume-in-france-the-game-thrived-among-the-17th-century-nobility-of-france-spain-italy-the-netherlands-and-the-habsburg-empire-W60BRJ.jpg)