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The art of chess / Colleen Schafroth.
LIBRA GV1317 .S32 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schafroth, Colleen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chess--History.
- Chess.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 175 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : H.N. Abrams, 2002.
- Summary:
- From a painting in the tomb of Queen Nefertari showing her playing senet--a forerunner of chess--to a French illuminated manuscript page of Tristan and Isolde taking a love potion while playing chess, this handsome and unique book offers insights into various chess-playing cultures throughout history.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 170) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0810910012
- OCLC:
- 48032668
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