The famous game of chesse-play
Subtitle: Being a princely exercise; wherin the learner may profit more by reading of this small book, then by playing of a thousand mates. Now augmented of many materiall things formerly wanting, and beautified with a three-fold methode, viz. of the chesse-men, of the chesse-play, of the chesse-lawes
By: By Jo. Barbier. P.
Series: Early English books online
Publisher: By T. Paine] for John Jackson, dwelling without Temple-Barre
Published: 1640
Place of publication: Printed at London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Chess; Early works to 1800
Notes: "To his booke" signed: Arthur Saul.

This edition of Saul's "The famous game of chesse-play" is augmented by "Jo. Barbier", probably a pseudonym for Isaac Habrecht.

Printer's name from STC.

Signatures: A-G.

The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

STC (2nd ed.) 21774.

T.p. closely trimmed, affecting imprint.