CESSOLIS, Jacobus de (fl. late 13th/early 14th century, O.P.). De Ludo Scacchorum, in German. Meister Stephans Schachbuch, ein mittelnierderdeutsches Gedicht des vierzehten Jahrhunderts, [edited by W. Schlüter], Dorpat, H. Laakmann, 1883-89, 2 vols. (including glossary), 8°, 16 lithographed plates, modern vellum-backed boards, original wrappers bound in -- Das Schachgedicht Heinrichs von Beringen, [edited by Paul Zimmermann], Tubingen, Litterarischen Verein, 1883, 8°, modern vellum-backed boards, uniform with the previous vols., original wrappers bound in. (3)

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CESSOLIS, Jacobus de (fl. late 13th/early 14th century, O.P.). De Ludo Scacchorum, in German. Meister Stephans Schachbuch, ein mittelnierderdeutsches Gedicht des vierzehten Jahrhunderts, [edited by W. Schlüter], Dorpat, H. Laakmann, 1883-89, 2 vols. (including glossary), 8°, 16 lithographed plates, modern vellum-backed boards, original wrappers bound in -- Das Schachgedicht Heinrichs von Beringen, [edited by Paul Zimmermann], Tubingen, Litterarischen Verein, 1883, 8°, modern vellum-backed boards, uniform with the previous vols., original wrappers bound in. (3)

Lot Essay

The first work is a MLG metrical version of 5,886 lines by Meister Stephan, written at Dorpat in Estonia, 1350-75, and printed at Lübeck, c. 1489. The second is a MHG version of 10,772 lines written by Heinrich von Beringen in the early part of the 14th century, edited from the unique Stuttgart MS of 1438 (cf. Murray, p. 548).

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