Games ancient and oriental and how to play them : being the games of the ancient Egyptians, the hiera gramme of the Greeks, the ludus latrunculorum of the Romans, and the oriental games of chess, draughts, backgammon and magic squares.
Edward Falkener (1814-1896)
Category
Books
Date
1892
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3156076
Summary
Bibliographic description
iv, 366, [2] p., [19] leaves of plates :. ill. (some col.), port. ;. 22 cm. Provenance: nineteenth-century small monogram book plate with hand of Ulster G.J.H.E.L. [i.e. Georgiana Crewe nee Stanhope Lovell (1824-1910)]. Inscribed "GC 1892"; and "Richard Fynderne Harpur Crewe with his grandmother's love March 19, 95" [i.e. presented by Georgiana Crewe to Richard Fynderne Harpur Crewe (1880-1921), son of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Bt, and Isabel Adderley]. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's full brown cloth, gilt centre-piece of a bust of "Queen Hatasu", gilt lettering on upper cover and spine. Black endpapers.
Makers and roles
Edward Falkener (1814-1896)