2-634-851 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Facsimile of the 'Game and Playe of the Chesse', c1470. The Rook - An illustration from the Game and Playe of the Chesse: Book Two by William Caxton. Based on a book by Jacobus de Cessolis (c1250-c1322), it is an allegory of fixed social structures where each rank has its allotted role. From Westminster, by Walter Besant. [Chatto & Windus, London, 1897]