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Games ancient and oriental and how to play them

being the games of the ancient Egyptians, the Hiera Gramme of the Greeks, the Ludus Latrunculorum of the Romans and the oriental games of chess, draughts, backgammon and magic squares.

Also known as Games ancient and oriental and how to play them, being the games of the ancient Egyptians, the Hiera Gramme of the Greeks, the Ludus Latrunculorum of the Romans and the oriental games of chess, draughts, backgammon and magic squares

by Edward Falkener

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the subtitle, “Magic” in the alternative title, “Magic” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

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    • “Magic”· via Open Library
    • “Magic”· in subtitle
    • “Magic”· in alternative title
    • “Magic”· in subject
    • “Magic”· in edition subtitle

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being the games of the ancient Egyptians, the Hiera Gramme of the Greeks, the Ludus Latrunculorum of the Romans and the oriental games of chess, draughts, backgammon and magic squares.

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1892London, Longmans; LongmansEnglish—Public

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  • Contributing institution: Robarts - University of Toronto
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: toronto
  • Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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openlibrary-work:OL180687W
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