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Title

  • An inquiry into the ancient Greek game, supposed to have been invented by Palamedes, antecedent to the siege of Troy : with reasons for believing the same to have been known from remote antiquity in China, and progressively improved into the Chinese, Indian, Persian, and European chess ; also, two dissertations, I. On the Athenian Skirophoria, II. On the Mystical meaning of the bough and umbrella, in the Skiran rites

Names

  • Christie, James, 1773-1831
  • Tresham, Henry, 1749?-1814
  • Trinity College (University of Cambridge). Library, former owner
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : T. Becket, 1801.

Headings

  • -  Chess--History
  • -  Greece--Religion
  • -  Athens (Greece)--Religious life and customs

Notes

  • -  Published anonymously. By James Christie. Cf. Dict. nat. biog.
  • -  Three of the illustrations are by Henry Tresham. Cf. Pref.
  • -  Special illustrated title pages for parts of the main work read: [p. 1] Of the antient games of skill. Of the [petteía, triódion], and ludus latrunculorum; [p. 27] Of the mixed games of chance annd skill. Of the alveus and [plinthíon]; [p. 53] Of the Chinese, Indian, Persian, and European Chess. Of the [petteía], as known among the Chinese.
  • -  "Appendix" contains: Of the Scythian rites (p. 89-95); A dissertation upon the Athenian Skirophoria ... (p. [97]-122); A second dissertation upon the mystical signification of the bough and the umbrella ... (p. [123]-169, including "Postscript": Of the religion of the Pelasgi)
  • -  National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints, NC 0401520 (vol. 108, p. 339)
  • -  LC copy: Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975. Formerly owned by Trinity College Library, Cambridge.
  • -  LAC tnb 2019-06-25 update (3 cards)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-06-30 update (1 card)

Medium

  • xvi, 169 p., iv, [1] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1319 .C46 1801

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 82465497

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Chicago citation style:

Christie, James, Henry Tresham, Former Owner Trinity College . Library, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection. An inquiry into the ancient Greek game, supposed to have been invented by Palamedes, antecedent to the siege of Troy: with reasons for believing the same to have been known from remote antiquity in China, and progressively improved into the Chinese, Indian, Persian, and European chess ; also, two dissertations, I. On the Athenian Skirophoria, II. On the Mystical meaning of the bough and umbrella, in the Skiran rites. London: T. Becket, 1801. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/82465497/.

APA citation style:

Christie, J., Tresham, H., Trinity College . Library, F. O. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection. (1801) An inquiry into the ancient Greek game, supposed to have been invented by Palamedes, antecedent to the siege of Troy: with reasons for believing the same to have been known from remote antiquity in China, and progressively improved into the Chinese, Indian, Persian, and European chess ; also, two dissertations, I. On the Athenian Skirophoria, II. On the Mystical meaning of the bough and umbrella, in the Skiran rites. London: T. Becket. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/82465497/.

MLA citation style:

Christie, James, et al. An inquiry into the ancient Greek game, supposed to have been invented by Palamedes, antecedent to the siege of Troy: with reasons for believing the same to have been known from remote antiquity in China, and progressively improved into the Chinese, Indian, Persian, and European chess ; also, two dissertations, I. On the Athenian Skirophoria, II. On the Mystical meaning of the bough and umbrella, in the Skiran rites. London: T. Becket, 1801. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/82465497/>.