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Les Stratagemes Des Echecs

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Les Stratagemes Des Echecs

by [MONTIGNY Alfred]

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Quai des Augustins No 18, Paris. and rue du Dome No 26, Strasbourg.: Amand Konig, 1802. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. 2 parts in 1, 1st ed, VG+, 3 1/4 * 4 1/8 inches. In contemporary calf boards with attractive chess board design to both covers, gilt edge tooling, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn. New spine, to style, gilt tooling, titles in gilt to a maroon calf label. Internally, [3], 4-93 pp, [1], 1 pl (coloured). [2], 3-122 pp, which includes 120 coloured illustrations of chess moves, whilst the first part has move descriptions, dated AN X indicating 10 years after the 1792 French Revolution ie 1802, gilt tooling to board edges and turn-ins, blue marbled endpapers, text block edges yellowed, printed by Jean-Andre Fischer in Strasbourg, removed tape marks to eps, ink name to both tps (Williams Wynn), occasional ink marginal note, small marginal tear, occasional edge chip. A lovely copy. Uncommon!, copies at Camb, City of Lon and BL only, published initially in French and German in the same year then translated into English in 1817. (Folio, 8.2*10.5 cms). Title continues: Les Stratagèmes des échecs, ou collection des coups d'échecs les plus brillants et les plus curieux, tant dans la partie ordinaire que dans les différentes parties composées ; tirée des meilleurs Auteurs, et dont plusieurs n'ont point encore été publiés. Avec des planches ou l'on trouve notée la position de chaque coup. Par un Amateur. ?

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Les Stratagemes Des Echecs
Author
[MONTIGNY Alfred]
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Amand Konig
Place of Publication
Quai des Augustins No 18, Paris. and rue du Dome No 26, Strasbourg.
Date Published
1802
Size
32mo - over 4 - 5" tall
Weight
0.44 lbs
Keywords
Chess problems echecs miniature Chess, General
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Recreation Games; Illustrations and more;

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