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The famous game of chesse-play : Being a princely exercise; wherin the learner may profit more by reading of this small book, then by playing of a thousand mates. Now augmented of many materiall things formerly wanting, and beautified with a three-fold methode, viz. of the chesse-men, of the chesse-play, of the chesse-lawes. By Jo. Barbier. P.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saul, Arthur.
- Series:
- Early English books online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chess--Early works to 1800.
- Chess.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (112 unnumbered pages) : illustrations (woodcuts)
- Place of Publication:
- Printed at London : [By T. Paine] for John Jackson, dwelling without Temple-Barre, 1640.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- "To his booke" signed: Arthur Saul.
- This edition of Saul's "The famous game of chesse-play" is augmented by "Jo. Barbier", probably a pseudonym for Isaac Habrecht.
- Printer's name from STC.
- Signatures: A-G.
- The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.
- Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1255:16) s1999 miun s
- Cited in:
- STC (2nd edition) 21774.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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