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CHESS
EZRA (ABRAHAM IBN) Neu-Eröffnete Kunststück des Schach-Spiels, Frankfurt and Leipzig, 1743; and three others (4)

29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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CHESS

EZRA (ABRAHAM IBN) Neu-Eröffnete Kunststück des Schach-Spiels, darinnen Nicht allein die unterschiedliche Rahmen und Gebrauch auch Anzahl der Steine dieses Spiels bey allerhand Nationen als: deren Persern, Türcken, Mohren, Russen, Pohlen, Teutschen, Spaniern ec..., title in red and black, Gothic script, title soiled with loss affecting text on upper margin, age-toning, disbound, 8vo Frankfurt and Leipzig, 1743--DRUMMOND (JOHN) The Scottish Draught Player; or, The Theory and Practice of that Scientific Game, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece; idem, 'second edition considerably enlarged and improved', Glasgow, for the author, 1852, 2 works in 1 vol., both interleaved throughout, light spotting, contemporary cloth, hinges week, upper cover near detached, light wear, 8vo, and 2 others including Quaritch Catalogue 428 (Chess Collection of J.W. Rimington-Wilson, 1929) (4)

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Provenance: Second item: J.W. Rimington-Wilson (1822-1877, noted chess player and chess book collector), ink inscription on the title.

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