Notation of Games - Depictions of Board Games - Chess and Draughts
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01 from Le Quatre Filz Aymon , Lyons, c1480
02 Honore Daumier, Parisians will never be under Police Supervision
, litho., 1847, and a comment on the docility of the public the year
before the Year of European Revolution, content to play draughts rather
than protest.
03 Jacobus de Cessolis, , Libro di Giuco di Scacchi,
English edition, Westminster, 1493/4 Jacobus de Cessolis,
04 Jacobus de Cessolis, Libro di Giuco di Scacchi,
Florence, 1493/4 Jacobus de Cessolis,
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01 Joan Hassall Emblem for Chess, Sealskin Trousers 1947
02. from Jordanus, Nemorarius, In hoc opere contenta...
Paris, Higman and Hopyl, 1496
03 Damiano de Odemeira, Questo libro e da imperare giocare
a scachi et de la partite ,Guillery and Nani, Rome 1512. The
first Italian book about chess, informing on the individual pieces and
on certain moves. The author discusses blindfold chess and gives detailed
critiques on three individual games.
THE ART OF CHESS (paintings in the Public Domain)
CHESS IN ADVERTISING
CHECKMATE BALLET |
SAUL
AND BARBIER, The Famous Game of Chess, 1614 illustration
SAUL
AND BARBIER, The Famous Game of Chess, 1614 titlepage
The Game of Chess as it was acted at the Globe c1610 |