{"product_id":"william-caxton-game-chesse-london-1855-123751","title":"The Game of the Chesse,","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003efirst facsimile edition\u003c\/h4\u003eThe first facsimile reproduction of this allegorical work from the press of William Caxton, the second book to be printed in the English language. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe type was traced from the the 1482 Westminster Caxton edition housed in the (then) British Museum Library, and the work is bound in the publisher's blind-tooled calf in imitation of a period binding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Game of Chesse \u003c\/em\u003ederives from a popular mid-thirteenth century courtesy treatise by the Dominican friar Jacobus de Cessolis (fl.1250-1322) on the nature of the customs and duties that rank has allotted to commoners and men of noble birth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst facsimile edition; 4to (29 x 22 cm); 23 woodcut illustrations, 4pp ads to rear, publisher's panelled calf decorated in blind, edges stained red; [170], 13, [3], [4 ads]pp.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"CAXTON, William.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57487258419575,"sku":"123751","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/123751_01_e9e28684-d1f6-4154-bc74-f26096a258f6.jpg?v=1790182842","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/william-caxton-game-chesse-london-1855-123751","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}