Ludus scacchiæ: = chesse-play : A game, both pleasant, wittie, and politicke: with certain briefe instructions therevnto belonging; translated out of the Italian into the English tongue. Containing also therein, a prety and pleasant poeme of a whole game played at chesse. Written by G.B.
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| Language: | English |
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Printed at London :
By [Valentine Simmes for] H. Iackson, dwelling beneath the Conduite in Fleetstreet,
1597.
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| Item Description: | Slightly modernized extracts from the anonymous 1562 English translation of "Libro da imparare giocare a scachi" by Damiano da Odenara, with "Scacchia ludus" by Marco Girolamo Vida, in verse, translated by G.B. Actual printer's name from STC. With a final leaf of verse "To the reader". Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([16], 30, [2] pages) |