Hocquart L F J (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: See Description. 16mo. 78pp. With color frontispiece and 24 plates of handwriting samples from various personages. Contemporary calf back with paste paper boards. Some rubbing along the hinges. Pages clean. Contents include: "1. D'un essai sur l'art de juger les homes sur leurstyle; 2. Des ecritures de Louis XVI, de la reine Marie-Antoinette et du Dauphin, etc.; 3. D'un alphabet curieux des Sourds et Muets avec lequel on peut apprendre en quelques heures a converser avec eux." Includes material on sign language for deaf mutes. [Barbier I, 289 - citing the 1812 ed. Caillet 5197 - citing the 1812 and 1820 editions].

Tapa dura. Condition: Bien. SEE IMAGES TO VERIFY THE ACTUAL CONDITION THE IMAGES ARE PART OF THE DESCRIPTIO ÉLÉMENS THÉORIQUES ET PRATIQUES DU JEU DES ÉCHETS, WAS WRITTEN BY LOUIS FJ HOCQUART AND PUBLISHED AT THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY AROUND 1809-1810 IT IS A COMPLETE GUIDE THAT COVERS BOTH THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF CHESS, INCLUDING "MORAL, POLITICAL, HISTORICAL AND MILITARY REFLECTIONS" RELATED TO THE GAME ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT THE MAIN BOOK TITLED "ÉLÉMENS" , THE CELEBRATED 18TH-CENTURY PLAYER FRANÇOIS-ANDRÉ DANICAN PHILIDOR WROTE THE FAMOUS MANUAL "ANALYSE DU JEU DES ÉCHECS" (1749), WHICH DELVED INTO THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE GAME COPY IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, IN FRENCH LANGUAGE IT HAS SOME RUST SPOTS THAT DO NOT AFFECT READABILITY, WITH A NICE LEATHER BINDING AUTHOR: LFJ HOCQUART 266 PAGES.

Hocquart, Paris 1810. 8vo. Frontespiece portrait of Philidor + XXIV + engraved plate with chess pieces + 266 + (2) pages. Contemporary half calf binding. A lit of edgewear. Spine a bit rubbed and with wear to the extremities. Bookplate. * Scarce book on chess, meant for young starters.