The game of the chesse / by William Caxton.

  • Jacobus, de Cessolis, active 1288-1322.
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[1855]
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The game of the chesse / by William Caxton. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[London] : [V. and J. Figgins], [1855]

Physical description

168 unnumbered pages, 13 pages, 6 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Notes

"The original by Caxton has no title page, or date."
Translated by Caxton from the French version by Jean de Vignay of Cessolis' De ludo scacchorum.
Facsimile reprint of the 2nd ed., 1st illus. ed., of The Game of the chesse, printed by Caxton at Westminster, ca. 1483. Woodcut illustrations traced from a copy of the original in the British Library. Type cast by Figgins in imitation of Caxton's.
"Remarks" by Vincent Figgins dated 1855, p. 1-8 (second group)
Publisher's ad inserted at end. Profits from the publication of the work "to be devoted to the endowment of the Printers' Almshouses ..."

References note

Beedham, B.H. List of reproductions of William Caxton, p. [14]

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