The Game and Playe of the Chesse

The Game and Playe of the Chesse is a book by William Caxton, the first English printer. Published in 1476, it is one of the earliest titles published in English,Wills, Matthew. "The First English Books" the first being Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, also by Caxton. It was based on a book by Jacobus de Cessolis.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. The book is an "allegory of fixed social structures where each rank has its allotted role."

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

References

External links The Game and Playe of the Chesse, ed. Jenny Adams (2009)