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121 Stendhal. La Chartreuse de Parme, 2 vol., first edition, first issue, Paris, Ambroise Dupont, 1839.

Lot 121

Stendhal. La Chartreuse de Parme, 2 vol., first edition, first issue, Paris, Ambroise Dupont, 1839.

Estimate: £20,000 - 30,000

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122 Mallarmé (Stéphane).- Hawkins (Louis Welden) Present and Future, photograph of painting, inscribed in ink to Mallarmé, 1890.

Lot 122

Mallarmé (Stéphane).- Hawkins (Louis Welden) Present and Future, photograph of painting, inscribed in ink to Mallarmé, 1890.

Estimate: £300 - 400

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123 Chess.- Lopez de Sigura (Ruy) Libro de la invencion liberal y arte del juego del Axedrez, first edition with a distinguished provenance, Alcala de Henares, And

Lot 123

Chess.- Lopez de Sigura (Ruy) Libro de la invencion liberal y arte del juego del Axedrez, first edition with a distinguished provenance, Alcala de Henares, Andres de Angula, 1561.

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124 Chess.- Lopez de Sigura (Ruy) Il giuoco de gli scacchi, first Italian edition, Venice, Cornelio Arrivabene, 1584.

Lot 124

Chess.- Lopez de Sigura (Ruy) Il giuoco de gli scacchi, first Italian edition, Venice, Cornelio Arrivabene, 1584.

Hammer Price: £2,400

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125 Chess.- Greco (Gioachino) Primo modo del gioco de Partito che giocandosi spesso occorrono li veri giochi & anco questi giochi de Partito sono tratti necess

Lot 125

Chess.- Greco (Gioachino) Primo modo del gioco de Partito che giocandosi spesso occorrono li veri giochi & anco questi giochi de Partito sono tratti necessarij, perche al fin del giocho spesso occorrono essendo in essi molti tratti bellissimi & occulti, manuscript, France, [?Paris], 1624 or 1625.

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126 Chess.- Salvio (Alessandro) Il Puttino, altramente detto il cavaliero errante ... sopra il gioco de' Scacchi, Naples, Gio. Domenico Montanaro, 1634 bound w

Lot 126

Chess.- Salvio (Alessandro) Il Puttino, altramente detto il cavaliero errante ... sopra il gioco de' Scacchi, Naples, Gio. Domenico Montanaro, 1634 bound with Salvio (Alessandro) Trattato dell' Inventione et Arte Liberale del Gioco di Scacchi, Naples, 1634

Hammer Price: £2,400

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127 Chess.- Greco (Gioachino) The royall game of chesse-play...Illustrated vvith almost an hundred gambetts. Being the study of Biochimo the famous Italian, first

Lot 127

Chess.- Greco (Gioachino) The royall game of chesse-play...Illustrated vvith almost an hundred gambetts. Being the study of Biochimo the famous Italian, first edition in English, printed for Henry Herringman..., 1656.

Hammer Price: £2,200

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128 Chess.- Severino (Marco-Aurelio) La Filosofia Overo il Perche de gli Scacchi [and] Dell' Antica Pettia Overo che Palamede non è stato I'Inventor d

Lot 128

Chess.- Severino (Marco-Aurelio) La Filosofia Overo il Perche de gli Scacchi [and] Dell' Antica Pettia Overo che Palamede non è stato I'Inventor de gli Scacchi, first edition, Naples, Antonio Bulifon, 1690.

Hammer Price: £1,600

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129 Chess.- Hyde (Thomas) De ludis orientalibus libri duo, quorum prior est duabus partibus, viz. 1, Historia Shahiludii Latinè; deinde 2, Historia Shahiludii

Lot 129

Chess.- Hyde (Thomas) De ludis orientalibus libri duo, quorum prior est duabus partibus, viz. 1, Historia Shahiludii Latinè; deinde 2, Historia Shahiludii Heb. Lat. per tres Judæos. Liber posterior continet Historiam Reliquorum Ludorum Orientis, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1694.

Hammer Price: £1,100

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130 Chess.- Tennis.- Billiards.- Divertissemens innocens, contenant les regies du jeu des echets, du billard, de la paume, du palle-mail, et du trictrac, The Hagu

Lot 130

Chess.- Tennis.- Billiards.- Divertissemens innocens, contenant les regies du jeu des echets, du billard, de la paume, du palle-mail, et du trictrac, The Hague, Adrian Moetjens, 1696.

Hammer Price: £480

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131 Chess.- Barbeyrac (Jean) Traite du Jeu, 2 vol. in 1, Amsterdam, Pierre Humbert, 1709.

Lot 131

Chess.- Barbeyrac (Jean) Traite du Jeu, 2 vol. in 1, Amsterdam, Pierre Humbert, 1709.

Hammer Price: £500

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132 Chess.- Greco (Gioachino) Chess made easy: or, the games of Gioachino Greco, The Calabrian, printed for J. and P. Knapton, 1750.

Lot 132

Chess.- Greco (Gioachino) Chess made easy: or, the games of Gioachino Greco, The Calabrian, printed for J. and P. Knapton, 1750.

Hammer Price: £550

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133 Chess.- Philidor (François-André Danican) Chess analysed, first edition in English, printed for J. Nourse, and P. Vaillant, 1750.

Lot 133

Chess.- Philidor (François-André Danican) Chess analysed, first edition in English, printed for J. Nourse, and P. Vaillant, 1750.

Hammer Price: £1,500

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134 Chess.- Lambe (Robert) The history of chess, first edition, no printer, 1764.

Lot 134

Chess.- Lambe (Robert) The history of chess, first edition, no printer, 1764.

Hammer Price: £600

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135 Chess.- Philidor (François-André Danican) Analyse du jeu des échecs, London [?but Paris], no printer, 1777.

Lot 135

Chess.- Philidor (François-André Danican) Analyse du jeu des échecs, London [?but Paris], no printer, 1777.

Hammer Price: £300

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136 Chess.- Philidor (François-André Danican) Analysis of the game of chess, printed for P. Elmsley, 1777; and the 1790 London edition [LNN 491] (2)
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Lot 136

Chess.- Philidor (François-André Danican) Analysis of the game of chess, printed for P. Elmsley, 1777; and the 1790 London edition [LNN 491] (2)

Hammer Price: £320

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137 Chess.- Verci (Giambatista) Lettere...alla Nob. Sig. Contessa Francesca Roberti Franco sopra il Guioco degli Scacchi, Venice, Giovanni Gatti, 1778.

Lot 137

Chess.- Verci (Giambatista) Lettere...alla Nob. Sig. Contessa Francesca Roberti Franco sopra il Guioco degli Scacchi, Venice, Giovanni Gatti, 1778.

Hammer Price: £320

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138 Chess.- Ponziani (Domenico) Il giuoco incomparabile degli scacchi, second edition, Modena, Heirs of Bartolomeo Soliani, 1782.

Lot 138

Chess.- Ponziani (Domenico) Il giuoco incomparabile degli scacchi, second edition, Modena, Heirs of Bartolomeo Soliani, 1782.

Hammer Price: £320

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139 Chess.- Twiss (Richard) Chess, 2 vol. in 1, with a contribution by Benjamin Franklin, printed for G. G. J & J. Robinson, and T. & J. Egerton, 1787-1789

Lot 139

Chess.- Twiss (Richard) Chess, 2 vol. in 1, with a contribution by Benjamin Franklin, printed for G. G. J & J. Robinson, and T. & J. Egerton, 1787-1789.

Hammer Price: £480

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140 Chess.- Stein (Elias) Nouvel Essai sur le Jeu des Échecs, avec des Reflexions Militaires, The Hague, For the author, 1789 bound after Richard Twiss' C

Lot 140

Chess.- Stein (Elias) Nouvel Essai sur le Jeu des Échecs, avec des Reflexions Militaires, The Hague, For the author, 1789 bound after Richard Twiss' Chess, 1787 and his Miscellanies, vol.2 only, 1805.

Hammer Price: £380

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