Allegorical print showing a game of four-handed chess

Allegorical print showing a game of four-handed chess, The Royal Game or Le jeu du Roi. A king with orb and sceptre watches courtiers representing power, law, prudence, magnanimity move chess pieces with batons. Frontispiece by Jonas Arnold to New-erfundenes Grosses Konigs-Spiel by Christoph Weickhmann, Ulm, 1664. Lithograph from Henry Rene d'Allemagne's Recreations et Passe-Temps, Games and Pastimes, Hachette, Paris, 1906

17th Century Amusement Baton Chess Piece Courtiers Diversion Frontispiece Games And Pastimes Hachette Henry Rene Dallemagne Jeux Leisure Activity Magnanimity Pastime Prudence Recreations Et Passe-temps Sceptre

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