Stratagems of Chess, Or a Collection of Critical and Remarkable Situations, Selected from the works of Eminent Masters, Illustrated on Plates,. Taken from the Celebrated French Work entitled ?Stratagemes Des Echecs,? carefully revised and improved, to which is prefixed An Introduction to the Game of Chess.

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Published by London, Print. for T.& J. Allman, W.H. Reid, & Baldwin Cradock and Joy, 1817 2nd

About this Item

Small hardback, approx 6.5 x 4 inches. Halfbound leather with green embossed patterned paper to boards. Gilt line edging, raised baning and gilt lettering and decorations to spine. Marbled edges and endpapers. In very good condition. Some wear and handling marks to cover; corner bumped and chipped, rubbing to spine edges, some darkening and marks to boards. Bookplate to front endpaper ?Charles Hammersley.? Some moderate darkening and foxing to frontis plate and title page. One or two minor handling marks to pages else pages and plates clean and bright. Else a very good copy. v + 150pp & 69pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stratagems of Chess, Or a Collection of Critical and Remarkable Situations, Selected from the works of Eminent Masters, Illustrated on Plates,. Taken from the Celebrated French Work entitled ?Stratagemes Des Echecs,? carefully revised and improved, to which is prefixed An Introduction to the Game of Chess.
• Publisher: London, Print. for T.& J. Allman, W.H. Reid, & Baldwin Cradock and Joy, 1817 2nd
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