Public Domain Mark
You can use this work for any purpose without restriction under copyright law. Read more about this licence.
Credit
The game of the chesse / by William Caxton. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
The game of the chesse / by William Caxton.
- Jacobus, de Cessolis, active 1288-1322.
- Date:
- [1855]
- Books
- Online
About this work
Publication/Creation
[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]
Type/Technique
Languages
Subjects
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesM6601