Académie Universelle Des Jeux Contenant Les Règles Des Jeux, avec des inftructions faciles pour apprendre a les bien Jouer
by Acadamie Universelle Des Jeux
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- About very good
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About This Item
2 volumes in one: 384 pages with tables; 324 pages. Duodecimo (6 3/4" x 4") bound in full leather with raised spine bands and gilt-lettered red morocco spine label, spine tooled in gilt and marbled page ends. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 3435) First published in 1717.
This enormously popular collection of games was first published in 1717 and went through numerous editions well into the 19th century. This edition of the work on chess was augmented by Philidor. Edmond Hoyle's work on Whisk was translated from the English.
Condition:
Worming to front heal hinge, small chip to front heal edge, neat hand written not to front paste down. Else about very good.
This enormously popular collection of games was first published in 1717 and went through numerous editions well into the 19th century. This edition of the work on chess was augmented by Philidor. Edmond Hoyle's work on Whisk was translated from the English.
Condition:
Worming to front heal hinge, small chip to front heal edge, neat hand written not to front paste down. Else about very good.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C0417
- Title
- Académie Universelle Des Jeux Contenant Les Règles Des Jeux, avec des inftructions faciles pour apprendre a les bien Jouer
- Author
- Acadamie Universelle Des Jeux
- Book Condition
- Used - About very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Aux Penens de la Compaigne
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1773
- Pages
- 2 volumes
- Size
- Duodecimno
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Chess, Ajedrez, Schach, Echecs
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- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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