The game of the chesse /

by William Caxton ; reproduced in facsimile from a copy in the British Museum ; with a few remarks of Caxton's typographical productions by Vincent Figgins.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Jacobus, de Cessolis, fl. 1288-1322.
Contributors: Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 or 2.
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Format: Book
Language:English
French
Latin
Translated by William Caxton from Jean de Vignay's French version of Jacobus de Cessolis' De ludo scacchorum.
Published / Created: London : John Russell Smith, 1860.
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Notes:Facsimile of Caxton's 2nd edition [Westminister, 1481?] (1st edition [Bruges, 1476]). The first leaf of the original 2nd edition is blank.

"A list of the works ascribed to Caxton": p. [9]-11.

"List of places where, and persons by whom the art of printing was practised at the time Caxton commenced it in England": p. 12-13.

Original had neither title-page nor date.

Physical description: [172], 13, [2] p. : ill ; 29 cm.

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