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142 Chess.- Philidor.- Pratt (P.) Studies of chess; containing Caissa, a poem, by W. Jones, a systematic introduction to the game; and the whole analysis of chess

Lot 142

Chess.- Philidor.- Pratt (P.) Studies of chess; containing Caissa, a poem, by W. Jones, a systematic introduction to the game; and the whole analysis of chess by A. D. Philidor, 2 vol., 1805.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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144 Chess.- Ponziani (Domenico) The Incomparable Game of Chess, translated from the Italian of Dr. Ercole Dal Rio, 1820.

Lot 144

Chess.- Ponziani (Domenico) The Incomparable Game of Chess, translated from the Italian of Dr. Ercole Dal Rio, 1820.

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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.

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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)

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143 Chess.- Cessolis (Jacobus de) The Buke of Ye Chess, [one of 40 copies], [Auchinleck], [c.1810].

Lot 143

Chess.- Cessolis (Jacobus de) The Buke of Ye Chess, [one of 40 copies], [Auchinleck], [c.1810].

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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.

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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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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.

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146 Chess.- Duchamp (Marcel) L' Opposition et Les Cases Conjuguées sont Reconcilées, Paris & Brussels, L' Échiquier, 1932.

Lot 146

Chess.- Duchamp (Marcel) L' Opposition et Les Cases Conjuguées sont Reconcilées, Paris & Brussels, L' Échiquier, 1932.

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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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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.

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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.

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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

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141 Chess.- Zuylen van Nyevelt (Philip Julius van) La Supériorité aux Echecs mise à la portée de tout le monde, et particulièrement des da

Lot 141

Chess.- Zuylen van Nyevelt (Philip Julius van) La Supériorité aux Echecs mise à la portée de tout le monde, et particulièrement des dames qui aiment cet amusement , Kampen, J.A. de Chalmot, 1792.

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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.

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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.

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