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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

Title
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 / by Edward Falkener.
Author
Falkener, Edward, 1814-1896
Publication
  • London : Longmans, Green and Co. ; New York : 15, East 16th Street, 1892.
  • Exeter : William Pollard & Co., Printers
  • Laugharne : Owen Williams, Photographer
  • London : Waterlow & Sons Ltd., Photo-engravers

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Additional Authors
  • Williams, Owen (Photographer)
  • Longmans, Green, and Co., publisher.
  • William Pollard & Co., printer.
  • Waterlow and Sons, photoengravers.
Description
iv, 366 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 17 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, portraits, charts, photographs; 23 cm
Subject
  • Games > Greece
  • Games > Rome
  • Backgammon
  • Checkers
  • Chess
  • Magic squares
  • backgammon set
  • backgammon
  • chess
  • magic squares
  • Games
  • Greece
  • Rome (Empire)
LCCN
08004238
OCLC
  • ocm04869481
  • 4869481
  • SCSB-1043720
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library