Book Description

First Edition. Small 8vo, ppvii, 78. Hardback, recent quarter calf on marble boards, first and last page slightly dusty however otherwise clean. Early manuscript correction to page 14. A rare volume, often regarded as being the first serious book on chess in the English language. It had a very small circulation, being sold only from Slaughter's Coffee House in St. Martin's Lane.
Author Capt. Joseph Bertin
Date 1735
Binding Hardback
Publisher London: Printed by H. Woodfall for the author
Condition Good

Price: £1750.00

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