De Ludo Scacchorum in Legali Methodo tractatus,
by Actius, Thomas
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Westbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Pesaro apud Hieron Concordia 1583. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition 1583 Pesaro. Publisher's device on title, woodcut engraving (recto folio 4) final errata leaf present. A complete copy of a rare early chess work. Small repair to margin at foot of title (not touching text), short marginal closed tear to one leaf, damp stain affecting c. 40 ff else a very good and original copy of this rare work on chess. Bound in period vellum with the original blanks present. Collates [blank] [viii] 108ff [18ff] [blank]. Schachlitteratur 55; KB 4137.Provenance Ex Libris Igor Kalinski (1944-2003) Ukranian Chess FIDE Master (without marked provenance)More photographs or a Whatsapp video available on request
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- Bookseller
- finecopy ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110317
- Title
- De Ludo Scacchorum in Legali Methodo tractatus,
- Author
- Actius, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pesaro apud Hieron Concordia 1583
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finecopy ltd
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Westbury, Wiltshire
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- Device
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Folio
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- Errata
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