Game and Playe of the Chesse - A Verbatim Reprint of the First Edition, 1474 by William Caxton
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COLLATION of _my copy_: [Blackletter: This Booke conteyneth iiii traytees] 1 _leaf_. [Blackletter: This first chapiter of the first tractate] 1 _leaf_. [Blackletter: The trouthe for to do Justice right wysly,] etc. to the end 62 _leaves_. _The last leaf with the date:_ [Blackletter: In conquerynge his rightful inheritance,] _ending:_ [Blackletter: fynyshed], _etc._ 1474 1 _leaf_. ------------- 65 leaves. My copy wants therefore 7 leaves, the two blank ones being out of question. The imperfections include the first leaf, and two leaves in the second chapitre of the fourth tractate, the end is all right. I should be glad to hear of any IMPERFECT COPY of this work, which would supply me with what I want. In the mean time this precious relic of the Infancy of Printing in England can be feen by BUYERS of Rare books. _See_ Dibdin's Bibl. Spenc. IV. p. 189. No copy of this edition has been sold for years; in 1813, Alchorne's copy, wanting first two leaves, the last two leaves and two leaves in the second chapter of the fourth tractate, fetched at Evans', £54. 12_s_. The value of this class of books has much risen since then, and may now be considered, as ten times greater. In comparing the first edition of "Caxton's Game of Chess" with the second, one perceives many variations in the spelling. I confider the |
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