CHESS ANALYSED: or instructions by which a perfect knowledge of this noble game may in a short time be acquir'd. The third edition.

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8vo, pp. viii, 144; a good copy in contemporary calf, boards rather worn, rebacked. Third edition in English: the original French text was first published in 1749, and is considered the most important book in all chess literature. A.D. Philidor (1726-95) was the most brilliant player of his age, but he was also a talented musician and a leading composer of opéras comiques.

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CHESS ANALYSED: or instructions by which a perfect knowledge of this noble game may in a short time be acquir'd. The third edition.

Editor

London: printed for J. Nourse and P. Vaillant

Fecha de publicación

1763

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