Amador Ledger-Dispatch, Volume 1903, Number 19, 19 June 1903 — A Rare Old Boole. [ARTICLE]

A Rare Old Boole.

The second book printed in the English language was "The Game and Playe of the Chess," which the title page says was "Fynyshid the last day of Marche, the yer of our lord god a thousande foure hondred and LXXIIJ." Only twelve copies of the work are now known to exist In 1818 an Englishman of the name of Alchorne sold his copy for a sum. equal to $270 in United States currency. Fifty-six years later, in 18(10, the same volume (an imperfect copy) was sold for $2,150. The. British museum has refused an offer of $10,000 for its copy, which is imperfect to the extent of having seven leaves missing. • !• ;:? \