CHESS MADE EASY, or the GAMES OF GIOACHINO GRECO, the CALABRIAN; with Additional Games and Openings, illustrated with Remarks and General Rules.
GRECO, Gioachino.
Published by London printed for J. and P. Knapton in Ludgate-Street and W. Sandby in Fleet-Street MDCCL, 1750
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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. Seller Inventory # 49053
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Title: CHESS MADE EASY, or the GAMES OF GIOACHINO ...
Publisher: London printed for J. and P. Knapton in Ludgate-Street and W. Sandby in Fleet-Street MDCCL
Publication Date: 1750
Binding: Hardcover
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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. The whole so contrived, that any person may learn to play in a few days, without any farther assistance 1750 [LeatherBound]
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Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 324. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1750 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 324. Seller Inventory # LB100154799400
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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 1750
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J and P Knapton, London, 1750
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Seller: Andrew Cox PBFA, Shropshire, United Kingdom
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No Binding. Condition: Fair. Published in London in 1750 this is the Second Edition of this book on the game of Chess and the games of Gioachino Greco, the book is a small format measuring 4.75 inches in height, xxv preface pages including the errata leaf, 212 pages, the book is bound in an old full leather binding but is lacking the front board (see pictures) internally lacks front blank endpaper and opens on to the frontispiece, the frontispiece is worn at edges with old ownership name to title page, the first page of text has some surface wear and slight loss to lower edge (see pictures) some corner wear to opening few pages the folding plate of the chess board is mostly lacking but a previous owner has recreated the missing portion by hand (see pictures) there are a number of very old handwritten annotations in old ink to a number of pages (see pictures to see examples of this ) and one page pictured, has some old colouring that has been partially erased leaving a couple of small holes in the page (pictured) last page heavily browned at edges book would benefit from rebinding else an acceptable example of this early book on chess and the games of Gioachino Greco. Seller Inventory # 003072
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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.
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London printed for J. and P. Knapton in Ludgate-Street and W. Sandby in Fleet-Street MDCCL, 1750
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Hardcover
Seller: Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
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. Seller Inventory # 50456
Quantity: 1 available