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CHESS MADE EASY, or the GAMES OF GIOACHINO GRECO, the CALABRIAN; with Additional Games and Openings, illustrated with Remarks and General Rules.
by GRECO, Gioachino.:
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, printed for J. and P. Knapton in Ludgate-Street and W. Sandby in Fleet-Street MDCCL, 1750.. TITLE CONTINUED: The Whole so contrived, that any Person may learn to play in a few Days, without any farther Assistance. SECOND EDITION 1750. A translation of Greco's Tratto del nobilissimo giuoco degli scacchi. 12mo, approximately 4¾ x 3 inches, engraved frontispiece and a double page engraved plate of a chess board, pages: xiii, [1], 1-212, errata leaf following page xxiii, bound in full calf, gilt lettered title label and gilt rules and date to spine, gilt rule to edges of covers. Binding slightly rubbed, margin of pages 3 and 6 have old ink note, not affecting text, occasional pale spotting, small tear to lower margin of chessboard (see attached image), a very good copy. See: See: Whyld and Ravilious, Chess Texts in the English Lanquage Printed before 1850, page 37, No. 1750:1; ESTC T128171. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47507
- Title
- CHESS MADE EASY, or the GAMES OF GIOACHINO GRECO, the CALABRIAN; with Additional Games and Openings, illustrated with Remarks and General Rules.
- Author
- GRECO, Gioachino.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- London, printed for J. and P. Knapton in Ludgate-Street and W. Sandby in Fleet-Street MDCCL, 1750.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- chess board games
Terms of Sale
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Roger Middleton
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Errata
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