On 4 okt, 15:21, Guy Macon http://www.guymacon.com/ wrote:
Anders Thulin wrote:

David Richerby wrote:

And throughout the English-speaking world. Did other languages have
equivalent descriptive notations?

There are/were both French and Spanish descriptive notation
-- I expect there's Portuguese and probably Italian as well.

...and some books used small pictures of the pieces.

Well, it's true that most books use diagrams very scarcely. I would be
happier too if i saw a diagram every 5 or so moves. that way i don't
need a board and can just make the moves in my head. but after 5 or so
moves that tend to become too difficult for me, so a board would be
nice in the books.