Pierre Danican PHILIDOR
L'Analyze des Echecs: Contenant Une Nouvelle Methode Pour apprendre en peu de tems à se Perfectioner dans ce Noble Jeu
s. n.|London 1749|13.5 x 21.6 cm|Relié
Pirate edition from the same year as the first edition of this bible of chess strategy, published by Philidor at the age of twenty-two.
Full olive morocco binding, dentelle boards framed by a gilt roulette motif, central gilt decoration in mandorla shape composed of a quatrefoil formed by basket-handle motifs richly decorated in gilt inside the lobes, gilt edges, top spine-end slightly rubbed, corners bumped, some rare spots of foxing, binding attributable to René-François Fétil, pupil of the great Padeloup, based on numerous tools found on bindings bearing Fétil’s ticket and listed
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