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Kings MS 293
- Record Id:
- 040-002017244
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002016915
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001207.0x000311
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Kings MS 293
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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'PLATES on Philidor's Games of Chess ', being 179 plates containing six diagrams each to illustrate the examples in Chess Analysed by [François] A[ndré] D[anican, dit] Philidor, written and presented to the King (see the author's letter, f. 1, dated Tower, 15 July, 1807) by James Douglas, Captain and Brevet Major, 7th Royal Veteran Battalion. The author's references to Philidor's work are to the English edition of 1791.
Paper; ff. 185. 71/8. in. x 10 in. A.D. 1807. Crimson leather binding, tooled.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- King's Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002016915
040-002017244 - Is part of:
- Kings MS 1-446 : King's Manuscripts
Kings MS 293 : 'PLATES on Philidor's Games of Chess ', being 179 plates containing six diagrams each to illustrate the examples in Chess… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002016915[0209]/040-002017244
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Kings MS 1-446
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1807
- End Date:
- 1807
- Date Range:
- 1807
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)