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The court-Gamester: or, full and easy instructions for playing the games now in vogue, after the best method, as they are Played at Court, and in the Assemblees; Viz. Ombre, Picquet, and the Royal Game of Chess. Wherein the Frauds in Play are detected, and the Laws of each Game annexed, to prevent Disputes. Written for the Use of the Young Princesses. By Richard Seymour, Esq;
Seymour, Richard, Esq.Date: MDCCXXII. [1722]- Pictures
Frank van Borselen, husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, countess of Holland. Engraving by J. Folkema, 1753, after T. Jelgersma after a painting attributed to J. Mostaert.
Mostaert, Jan Jansz., active approximately 1475-1555 or 1556.Date: [1753?]Reference: 47334i- Pictures
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Men gathered around a table as Philidor plays a game of chess wearing a blindfold. Engraving.
Date: 1794Reference: 33379i- Books
Naturliches Zauber-Buch oder neu-eröffneter Spielplatz rarer Künste zweyter Band, in welchem nicht alleine eine Fortsetzung aller Taschen-Spieler sondern auch mathematischer, physicalischer, Mahler und Frauenzimmer-Künste ... enthalten / [Simon Witgeest].
Witgeest, Simon.Date: 1760-1762- Pictures
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A hand hanging over a chessboard has made its last move: white wins because the white king is protected by a condom; representing protection against AIDS. Colour lithograph, 199-.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 665346i- Archives and manuscripts
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Collection of tracts on astronomy: with others on urines, pulses, tithes, etc., in Latin (Miscellanea VIII)
Date: 1479-1487Reference: MS.505- Books
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L'analyse des echecs. Contenant une nouvelle methode pour apprendre en peu tems à se perfectionner dans ce noble jeu. Par A. D. Philidor.
Philidor, F. D. (Franc̜ois Danican), 1726-1795.Date: MDCCLII. [1752]- Pictures
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Officers recuperating on board the "Hercules", Hong Kong. Wood engraving after G.W. Cooke (?), 1858.
Cooke, George Wingrove, 1814-1865.Date: [1858]Reference: 20720i- Pictures
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A man's hand moving a Chinese character from the word 'AIDS' on a chessboard while leaving the word 'SIDA' (AIDS); a warning about AIDS. Colour lithograph for the Unidade Educaçāo para a Saúde, Macau, ca. 1995.
Date: [1995?]Reference: 678404i- Books
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The noble game of chess; or, A New and easy Method to learn to play well in a short Time: Together with a curious Account of its Antiquity, Derivation of its Terms, &c. By Phillip Stamma, Native of Aleppo in Syria; and Interpreter of the Oriental Languages to his Majesty the King of Great-Britain.
Stamma, Philip.Date: 1745- Archives and manuscripts
Personal and Family Papers
Date: 1806-1974Reference: PENROSE/1Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Archives and manuscripts
Davidson
DavidsonDate: mid-19th centuryReference: MS.2047- Books
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L'analyze des echecs: contenant une nouvelle methode pour apprendre en peu de tems à se perfectioner dans ce noble jeu. Par A. D. Philidor.
Philidor, F. D. (Franc̜ois Danican), 1726-1795.Date: MDCCXLIX. [1749]- Pictures
Apollo presiding over a gentleman of sensual appetite; representing the sanguine temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
Nessenthaler, Johann David, 1717?-1766.Reference: 26899i- Pictures
An Englishman and Asian man seated in a pavilion playing chess and both smoking the hooka. Coloured aquatint by T. Rickards, ca. 1804, after C. Gold.
Gold, Charles, Captain.Date: 1 November 1804Reference: 24878i- Books
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Analysis of the game of chess; a new edition, greatly enlarged. By A. D. Philidor.
Philidor, F. D. (Franc̜ois Danican), 1726-1795.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Pictures
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An Englishman and Asian man seated in a pavilion playing chess and both smoking the hooka. Coloured aquatint by T. Rickards, c. 1804, after C. Gold.
Gold, Charles, Captain.Date: 1 November 1804Reference: 25290i- 3-D Objects
Chessmen (chess pieces) in the form of Saracens and Crusaders.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 553759i- Books
Professor Lim Kok Ann.
Date: [date of publication not identified]- Archives and manuscripts
Dixon, John (1832-1930)
Dixon, John, 1832-1930.Date: 1848-1903Reference: MSS.2135-2195, 5191, 5950 and 6794- Books
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The court gamester: or, full and easy instructions for playing the games now in vogue after the best method; as they are played at court, ... By Richard Seymour, Esq;
Seymour, Richard, Esq.Date: 1728- Books
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L'analyze des echecs: contenant une nouvelle methode pour apprendre en peu de tems à se perfectioner dans ce noble jeu. Par A. D. Philidor.
Philidor, F. D. (Franc̜ois Danican), 1726-1795.Date: MDCCXLIX. [1749]- Pictures
A man and a woman are playing a game of chess as a young man watches them play. Lithograph after Léon Noel after A. Johannot.
Johannot, Alfred, 1800-1837.Reference: 33375i- Books
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The game of the chesse / by William Caxton.
Jacobus, de Cessolis, active 1288-1322.Date: [1855]- Books
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Chess made easy. New and comprehensive rules for playing the game of chess; with examples ... To which is prefixed a pleasing account of its origin: ... and the morals of chess, written by ... Dr. Franklin.
Date: 1800