The Game and Playe of the Chesse

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Depiction from 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, [1] the first being Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye , also by Caxton. It was based on a book by Jacobus de Cessolis. [2] The book is an "allegory of fixed social structures where each rank has its allotted role." [3]

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  1. ↑ Wills, Matthew. "The First English Books"
  2. ↑ 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'" (subscription required). Modern Language Review 49 (4): 417–423. October 1954. Hosted by JSTOR.
  3. ↑ "Caxton's Chaucer".


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