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Good companion (Bonus socius); XIIIth century manuscript collection of chess problems; illustrated with coloured frontispiece, and thirty-eight full page reproductions from original manuscript. To which is added a short narrative of Jacobus Cessolis and the two French champions Philidor and La Bourdonnais ... Ed. by James F. Magee, jr., of Philadelphia.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Rare Books Collection GV1451 .M17
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Magee, James F. (James Francis), 1867-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jacobus, de Cessolis, active 1288-1322.
- Jacobus.
- Philidor, F. D. (François Danican), 1726-1795.
- Philidor, F. D.
- La Bourdonnais, L. C. de (Louis Charles), 1796?-1840.
- La Bourdonnais, L. C. de.
- Chess problems.
- Physical Description:
- 68 p. illuminated front., illus., plates (1 fold.) facsims. (19 double, illuminated) 26 cm.
- Other Title:
- Bonus socius
- Place of Publication:
- Florence, Printed by the Tipografia Giuntina, 1910.
- Notes:
- "Only a limited number of volumes of this edition has been printed. This book is no. 216."
- The manuscript has been wrongly attributed to Nicholaus St. Nicholai. cf. p. 6.
- Bound in leather with brass bosses and clasp.
- OCLC:
- 5196220
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