The chess-player's handbook : a popular and scientific introduction to the game of chess, exemplified in games actually played by the greatest masters and illustrated by numerous diagrams of original and remarkable positions
A chess handbook by Howard Staunton, published in London by Henry G. Bohn in 1848 for players seeking both popular and scientific instruction in the game. The single picture is a chess diagram on a black-and-white checkered board, labelled BLACK at top and WHITE at bottom, showing a composed endgame position with a king, bishop, rook and lone pieces set out for study. A designer could take its crisp hatched squares and sparse figurative pieces as a model for simple geometric pattern and clear, engraved line work.
