Description
Chess.- Cessolis (Jacobus de) The Buke of Ye Chess, [one of 40 copies], printed in red and black, some spotting, lacking 2 of 3 preliminary ff., ?and a colophon f., but with text of main work complete, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments, joints splitting, but holding, corners little worn, [LN4227; Whyld & Ravilious 1818:1], small 4to, [Auchinleck], [Auchinleck Press], [1818].
⁂ A rare metrical English version by Johannes Sloane of De ludo scacchorum by Cessolis. It was edited by Alexander Boswell, son of the Scottish biographer and diarist James Boswell.
Lot 143
Chess.- Cessolis (Jacobus de) The Buke of Ye Chess, [one of 40 copies], [Auchinleck], [c.1810].
Hammer Price: £1,100
Description
Chess.- Cessolis (Jacobus de) The Buke of Ye Chess, [one of 40 copies], printed in red and black, some spotting, lacking 2 of 3 preliminary ff., ?and a colophon f., but with text of main work complete, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments, joints splitting, but holding, corners little worn, [LN4227; Whyld & Ravilious 1818:1], small 4to, [Auchinleck], [Auchinleck Press], [1818].
⁂ A rare metrical English version by Johannes Sloane of De ludo scacchorum by Cessolis. It was edited by Alexander Boswell, son of the Scottish biographer and diarist James Boswell.