Le Jeu Des Eschets
Paris: Denis Mouchet, 1714. Sixth French edition. 12mo, [22], 344pp. Woodcut device on title. Contemporary speckled calf, spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Bookplate of Albert Parsons Sachs on front pastedown and a bibliographic note in his hand on verso of ffep. French private library stamp on title page and blank verso of final leaf of text. Boards with some soiling and rubbing at corners, spine ends, and joints. Very good and sound.
Handsomely bound French edition of this early systematic chess manual by the Italian master, Giachino Greco (ca. 1600-1634). The text helped standardize early modern opening theory, and though it was circulated in manuscript during his lifetime, was not printed until 1636 in French, and expanded under this title in 1669. The first edition in English was 1656, with Italian editions appearing later.
Sachs' note reads: V.D. Linde I, 364. Item #9370
Price: $750.00