Christie, James, the Younger, auctioneer, 1773-1831. **G_ 383.45 An inquiry into the antient Greek game... progressively improved into the... European chess. Also, two dissertations: I. On the Athenian Skirophoria. II. On the mystical meaning of the bough and umbrella, in the Skiran rites. [Anon.] — London. Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. ... for T. Becket. 1801. xvi, 169 pp. Illus. Plates. Diagrams. 26% cm., in 4s.
This card was printed at the Boston Public Library, June 21, 1933. D2314 — Anon. ref. — Chess. — Sk? ia. — Bough. — Umbrellas. — Athens.
Mythology and religion.