The Game and Playe of the Chesse
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The Game and Playe of Chesse is a book by William Caxton
, the first English printer. Published in the 1470s, it was for a time thought to be the first book published in England but that title now goes to Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye
, also by Caxton. It was based on a book by Jacobus de Cessolis
.
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William Caxton
William Caxton was an English merchant, diplomat, writer and printer. As far as is known, he was the first English person to work as a printer and the first to introduce a printing press into England...
, the first English printer. Published in the 1470s, it was for a time thought to be the first book published in England but that title now goes to Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye
Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye
Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye or Recueil des Histoires de Troye, is a French courtly romance written by Raoul Lefevre, chaplain to Philip III, Duke of Burgundy. Translated by William Caxton, and printed by him probably with Colard Mansion in 1473 or 1474 at Bruges. The work is now known...
, also by Caxton. It was based on a book by Jacobus de Cessolis
Jacobus de Cessolis
Jacobus de Cessolis was an Italian author of the most famous morality book on chess in the Middle Ages....
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Further reading
- Wilson, Robert H. "Caxton's Chess Book" . Modern Language Notes 62 (2): 93–102. February 1947. Hosted by JSTORJSTORJSTOR is an online system for archiving academic journals, founded in 1995. It provides its member institutions full-text searches of digitized back issues of several hundred well-known journals, dating back to 1665 in the case of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society...
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External links
- The Game and Playe of Chesse, first edition
- 113. Caxton woodcut from The Game and Playe of Chesse (2nd edition) 1483. tri.org.au. 18 June 1974. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
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