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Stratégie raisonnée des ouvertures de jeu d'échecs
by Philippe Ambroise Durand (1799-1880), Louis Metton and Jean-Louis Preti
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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About This Item
xxiv+444 pages with diagrams. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in quarter leather with gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. Volume one in the series (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 1800) First edition.
This is a general introduction to chess openings. It includes discussion on the queen's gambit both accepted and refused as well as other gambits, king pawn openings the ideas behind the openings. It is an interesting work on how early players of the period looked at the opening.
Condition:
Old label to spine, corners bumped and rubbed, some internal soiling and fingering with an occasional pencil notation else a good to very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C1268
- Title
- Stratégie raisonnée des ouvertures de jeu d'échecs
- Author
- Philippe Ambroise Durand (1799-1880), Louis Metton and Jean-Louis Preti
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chez Jean Preti
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1862
- Pages
- xxiv+444 pages with diagrams.
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Chess Schach Ajedrez Echecs
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