The Game and Playe of the Chesse explained

The Game and Playe of Chesse is a book by William Caxton, the first English printer. Published in the 1470s, it is one of the earliest titles published in English,^[1] the first being Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, also by Caxton. It was based on a book by Jacobus de Cessolis.^[2] The book is an "allegory of fixed social structures where each rank has its allotted role."^[3]

See also

• Chess in Australia

Further reading

• Wilson, Robert H. "Caxton's Chess Book" . Modern Language Notes 62 (2): 93–102. February 1947. Hosted by JSTOR.

External links

• The Game and Playe of the Chesse, ed. Jenny Adams (2009)
• The Game and Playe of Chesse, first edition

Notes and References

1. Wills, Matthew. "The First English Books"
2. Knowles, Christine. "Caxton and His Two French Sources: The 'Game and Playe of the Chesse' and the Composite Manuscripts of the Two French Translations of the 'Ludus Scaccorum'" . Modern Language Review 49 (4): 417–423. October 1954. Hosted by JSTOR.
3. Web site: Caxton's Chaucer.