The sports and pastimes of the people of England : Including the rural and domestic recreations, May games, mummeries, shows, processions, pageants, and pompous spectacles, from the earliest period to the present time (1845)
Strutt, Joseph, 1749-1802, Hone, William, 1780-1842 · London : T. Togg · leaf 382
amis. The men belonging to the twoparties are distinguished by being black and Mhite, and everyone of them is marked with an appropriate number. Therewere sometimes added to these numbers certain signs or algebraicfigures, called cossical signings, which increased the intricacyof the game. The army… … 104. 90^^ BHOO^^ BB 105. The Philosopheus Game. [rhe white pieces above, No. 104, should be to the left, and be opposed by theolacks, No. 105, on the right; that is to say, were the engravings on the present pagedivided by the scissars, and placed as represented in Mr. Strutts print, the…
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