2 volumes bound in 1. ix, 223; [4], 183 pp. (8vo) 20.7x12.4 cm (8¼x5"), rebacked period calf, spine ruled in gilt, morocco spine label lettered in gilt. A New Edition, improved and greatly enlarged. One of the great books on chess strategy, the moves described with explanatory notes. François-André-Danican Philidor (1726-1795), a French composer, was regarded as the finest chess player of his age. This copy includes the subscriber list and the abbreviations, which are sometimes lacking. Bookplate of Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps de Lisle (1809-1878) was an English Catholic convert. He founded Mount St Bernard Abbey, a Trappist abbey in Leicestershire, and worked for the reconversion or reconciliation of Britain to Catholicism.
2 volumes bound in 1. ix, 223; [4], 183 pp. (8vo) 20.7x12.4 cm (8¼x5"), rebacked period calf, spine ruled in gilt, morocco spine label lettered in gilt. A New Edition, improved and greatly enlarged. One of the great books on chess strategy, the moves described with explanatory notes. François-André-Danican Philidor (1726-1795), a French composer, was regarded as the finest chess player of his age. This copy includes the subscriber list and the abbreviations, which are sometimes lacking. Bookplate of Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps de Lisle (1809-1878) was an English Catholic convert. He founded Mount St Bernard Abbey, a Trappist abbey in Leicestershire, and worked for the reconversion or reconciliation of Britain to Catholicism.
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