An Introduction to the History and Study of Chess; with Copious Descriptions. To which is Added The Analysis of Chess of Andre Danican Philidor. The Whole Simplified and Arranged in a Manner Entirely New, by an Amateur.

Pruen (Thomas) & Philidor:

Published by Cheltenham Printed by H Ruff, 1804

About this Item

1st and Only Edition by Pruen. Later patterned boards with brown leather spine and black title label, VG. Engraved frontispiece (a bit marked in margins), pp xii, 314. LN 607. A closed tear to last page, several small stamps of Grant's Library, Edinburgh. A scarce edition of Philidor, but also including other interesting chapters on the history of chess, the powerful effects of chess on the mind and passions, chesspieces, famous players and books on chess, Franklin's Morals of Chess, laws and practical play etc.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Introduction to the History and Study of Chess; with Copious Descriptions. To which is Added The Analysis of Chess of Andre Danican Philidor. The Whole Simplified and Arranged in a Manner Entirely New, by an Amateur.
• Publisher: Cheltenham Printed by H Ruff
• Publication Date: 1804
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • chess antiquarian