Le Grand Trictrac, ou méthode facile pour apprendre sans maître la marche, les termes, les règles, et une grande partie des finesses de ce Jeu, enrichie de 288 planches ou Figures, avec les décisions des cas particuliers. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée
by Soumille, Bernard Laurent
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Paris: De Hansy, le jeune, 1766. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Full Leather. Early. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Third edition of an early backgammon book, the first in 1738 being the only one to bear the name of the author. Stated corrected edition from 1754, in French.. Full calf binding elaborate stamped with gold on spine with 6 faux comparments, paste-on leather label. 357 pp. [2 approval by censors]. Beautiful multicolor marble endpapers. Illustrated throughout (288 illustrations) with backgammon positions. "Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roi" with illustration of the sun king on the title page. Tail decorations. Rubbing to edges of boards, half-title clipped. Very good plus condition..
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- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004345
- Title
- Le Grand Trictrac, ou méthode facile pour apprendre sans maître la marche, les termes, les règles, et une grande partie des finesses de ce Jeu, enrichie de 288 planches ou Figures, avec les décisions des cas particuliers. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée
- Author
- Soumille, Bernard Laurent
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Early
- Publisher
- De Hansy, le jeune
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1766
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- HISTORY OF BACKGAMMON
- Bookseller catalogs
- Backgammon; Gambling & Games;
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Rose's Books, IOBA
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts
About Rose's Books, IOBA
Rose's Books is an Internet-only rare and used book service, located on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. We publish and distribute scholarly imprints by Clock & Rose Press.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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