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ONLY EIGHTEENTH IRISH-PRINTED BOOK DEVOTED TO CHESS - PRIZE WINNER FOR BEST WRITTEN & PRINTED IRISH BOOK OF 1750 first edition tall 8vo. (in fours) vi, 95, [1 (blank)]pp. printed on thick paper and with generous margins, engraved diagram of a chess board and pieces in p.1, the original Latin and English verse translation printed on facing pages, contemporary half calf, spine with raised bands and a red morocco label, marbled paper on sides, nice copy. Contemporary signature on a preliminary blank "Revd. P. Kitchens". ESTC t138045 FOXON P1158Pullein, writing from Trinity College, provides a two-page verse dedication to the Archbishop of Armagh and a two-page preface which outlines of the rules of chess (both in English). Although various Dublin printings of Hoyle's Games contained a chapter on chess this is the only book printed in Ireland in the eighteenth century solely on chess.Vida (Cremona 1470 - 1566), distinguished both as a prelate and as a Latin poet, first published this work on the…
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Scacchia, Ludus: A Poem on the Game of Chess.: Written by Marcus Hieronymus Vida, and translated into English verse by the Rev. Samuel Pullein, A.M.
by VIDA, Marcus Hieronymus & PULLEIN, Samuel
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