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Book/Printed Material Das schach- oder könig-spiel Rythmomachia

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Title

  • Das schach- oder könig-spiel

Other Title

  • Rythmomachia

Names

  • August, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, 1579-1666
  • Barozzi, Francesco, 1537-1604
  • Heyden, Jacob van der, 1573-1645
  • Landau, Horace de, 1824-1903, former owner
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Lipsiæ, Cum privil: Cæsareo, ad Sexennium, 1616.

Headings

  • -  Chess--Early works to 1800

Genre

  • Authors' autographs (Provenance)--DLC
  • Authors' presentation copies (Provenance)--DLC

Notes

  • -  Colophon (under woodcut printer's device with monogram H.G.): Leipzig, Gedruckt durch Lorentz Kober. Bey Henning Gross den Jüngern zu finden. Im jahr M.DC.XVI.
  • -  Engraved and illustrated t.-p. and special t.-p. for each of the three books and the Rythmomachia.
  • -  Head and tail pieces ; initials.
  • -  The plate after p. 216 is signed: J. ab Heyden sculpsit.
  • -  The order of games follows that of "Il giuoco degli scacchi" by Ruy Lopez, from which Bilguer claims it is largely translated. cf. P. R. von Bilguer, Handbuch des schachspiels, p. 29-30.
  • -  Rythmomachia, p. 445-495, has title: Rythmomachia. Ein vortrefflich und uhraltes spiel, dess Pythagoræ: welches Gustavus Selenus [pseud.] auss des Francisci Barozzii ... ins deutsche ubergesetzet ... apud Henningum Gros, Jun. M.DC.XVI.
  • -  LC copy has author's autograph note of presentation to his mother, dated 25 Jan. 1617, on verso t.-p.
  • -  LAC tnb 2019-06-25 update (3 cards)
  • -  LAC rwp 2021-06-24 update (3 cards)

Medium

  • 15 p. l., 495, [1] p., 1 l. engr. illus. (chess) 3 fold. pl. 29 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1442 .A8
  • GV1442 .A8 Copy 2 Rosenwald Coll. With 13 prelim. leaves, the double-leaf Tabula being bound after p. 12. Bookplate of Baron Landau.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 31012930

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

August, Duke Of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Francesco Barozzi, Jacob Van Der Heyden, Horace De Landau, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Das Schach- Oder König-Spiel. Lipsiæ, Cum privil: Cæsareo, ad Sexennium, 1616. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/31012930/.

APA citation style:

August, D. O. B., Barozzi, F., Heyden, J. V. D., Landau, H. D. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1616) Das Schach- Oder König-Spiel. Lipsiæ, Cum privil: Cæsareo, ad Sexennium. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/31012930/.

MLA citation style:

August, Duke Of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, et al. Das Schach- Oder König-Spiel. Lipsiæ, Cum privil: Cæsareo, ad Sexennium, 1616. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/31012930/>.