The Game and Playe of the Chesse

William Caxton

Independently Published, Sep 18, 2019 - Fiction - 382 pages

The Game and Playe of Chesse is a book by William Caxton, the first English printer. Published in the 1470s, it was for a time thought to be the first book published in English, but that title now goes to Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, also by Caxton. It was based on a book by Jacobus de Cessolis.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Game and Playe of the Chesse
• Author: William Caxton
• Publisher: Independently Published, 2019
• ISBN: 1693160463, 9781693160462
• Length: 382 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General