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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Fine copy. No inscriptions.

Zustand: Fine. 1st edition. Cloth, F. clvi+234pp, index, a nice fine copy. New. The Buke of Chess is a unique middle Scots version of the Ludus Scaccorum, which is a moralising tale in Latin prose written by Jacobus de Cessolis. It Details the game of Chess. 700 grams.

Zustand: Fine. 1st edition. Cloth, F. clvi+234pp, index, a nice fine copy. New. The Buke of Chess is a unique middle Scots version of the Ludus Scaccorum, a moralising tale in Latin prose written by Jacobus de Cessolis. It Details the game of Chess. 700 grams.

Hardcover. Cloth, VG. Scottish Text Society: 4th Series 27.

Hardcover. Cloth, VG. Scottish Text Society: 4th Series 27.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Scottish Text Society, Edinburgh, 1997, first edition; 8vo, pp clv, 234; dark green cloth, spine gilt; in extremely good condition throughout. . . . The long Introduction (pp i to clv) provides a technical analysis, academic study and general account of the manuscript; this is followed by a printing of the text, an illustration of a page, textual and explanatory notes, an extensive glossary, a list of proper and place names and an appendix. . . . The Asloan manuscript, early 16th century, is an anthology of Scots prose and poetry with works by Henryson, Dunbar, Richd Holland and other anonymous authors.The "Buke of the Chess" is part of this, being a Scots translation of the Latin "Book of Chess", a series of essays on moral themes, by Jacobus de Cessolis. Cessolis's book, dating from the latter part of the 17th century, was the most famous morality book of the middle ages on chess and was widely translated into other languages and formed the basis for Caxton's 1474 printing of "The Game and Playe of the Chesse". Its subject matter is the customs of men and the duties of nobles. …

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Very good lightly used condition.