The Incomparable Game of Chess, developed after a new method of the greatest facility.translated from the Italian of Dr Ercole Dal Rio by J S Bingham. To which is prefixed An Essay on the Origin of the Game.

CHESS. PONZIANI - DEL RIO, TRANS J.S. BINGHAM.

Published by London J J Stockdale, 1820

About this Item

8vo, pp xv, [1], [17]- 340, frontispiece and chess board diagrams at end, uncut in original linen backed drab boards, the spine linen very worn and faded with the paper label present but hardly legible, front free endpaper glued down to the front board, rear endpaper reinforced, internally sound and clean, FIRST EDITION; the title page is misleading for the author is actually Lorenzo Ponziani and J S Bingham the translator was actually John Smith. Ponziani's famous study of Chess first appeared in Italian in 1769, and it subsequently became a classic, this apparently the first English translation. But all this is, of course, well-known to Chess buffs, and we need only add that this is a scarce title.

Seller Inventory # 29962

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Incomparable Game of Chess, developed after a new method of the greatest facility.translated from the Italian of Dr Ercole Dal Rio by J S Bingham. To which is prefixed An Essay on the Origin of the Game.
• Publisher: London J J Stockdale
• Publication Date: 1820
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • eb61