Caxton william de cessolis jacobus (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. London, The Scolar Press, 1976 (facsimile edition)/ circa 1483. Quarto, [x], [168] (facsimile) pages with numerous illustrations (after the original woodcuts). Oatmeal cloth with a leather title-label on the spine; a fine copy. Number 222 of a limited edition of 500 copies. 'Reproduced in facsimile from the copy at Trinity College, Cambridge, with an introduction by N.F. Blake'. …

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. An attractive limited facsimile edition of this significant early publication, featuring Caxton's original woodcuts. First facsimile edition. One of a limited edition of 500 copies. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a number of in-text woodcuts. A pleasing facsimile of William Caxton's c1483 translation of Jacobus de Cessolis's original Latin text, Liber de Ludo Scaccorum, held at the Cambridge Trinity College library. This work reproduces Caxton's second edition, including the original woodcuts. The first edition, appearing in 1476, is significant as one of the earliest titles to be published in English. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with slight bumping and rubbing and a few light marks. The cloth is also a little frayed. Internally, firmly bound. Reasonably bright and clean with only occasional light spotting, more common to the first and last few pages. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. A smart limited edition facsimile of one of the earliest books ever printed in England by William Caxton. A limited edition of 500 copies, of which this is numbered 359.A faithful facsimile of William Caxton's c1483 edition of 'The Game of Chess', one of the first titles to ever be printed in English.'The Game of Chess' is an allegorical morality book on chess and society in the Middle Ages.Caxton's translation is based on a book by Jacobus de Cessolis.Illustrated with in-text woodcuts. This work was also one of the earliest books to be issued with woodcuts.Bookplate of T. & M. James to the front paste down. In the original publisher's hessian binding. Externally, smart. Light discolouration to the spine and to the head of the rear board. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…