Practical chess grammar: . or, An introduction to the royal game of chess: in a series of plates. Designed to instruct the learner, remove the difficulties of this elegant and scientific game, and render it attainable by the lowest capacity. By W. S. Kenny.
William Stopford Kenny (1788-1867)
Category
Books
Date
1817
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 3140501
Summary
Bibliographic description
vi,[2],57p., IX[i.e. X] leaves of plates . ill.. . 4to.. Possibly indigenous. manuscript ink annotations, p.10.. Provenance: Presented to the National Trust by Oliver Penrose, 2002, from the collection of his father, Lionel Sharples Penrose [1898-1972], and possibly previously in the collection of L.S. Penrose's grandfather, Alexander Peckover [1830-1919]. Very faint manuscript inscription on front flyleaf, illegible, but with manuscript date "1818".. Binding: Sewn in plain boards. Both boards detached, some pages loose, but all present.
Provenance
Presented to the National Trust by Oliver Penrose, 2002, from the collection of his father, Lionel Sharples Penrose [1898-1972], and possibly previously in the collection of L.S. Penrose's grandfather, Alexander Peckover [1830-1919].
Makers and roles
William Stopford Kenny (1788-1867)