Chess.- Ponziani (Domenico) Il giuoco incomparabile degli scacchi, second edition, title with woodcut printer's device, errata f. at end, woodcut diagrams, initials and tail-pieces, occasional spotting, some light browning, contemporary vellum, red morocco label to spine, a few nicks, marked, [LN 527], 8vo, Modena, Heirs of Bartolomeo Soliani, 1782. ⁂ A manuscript note by Sir Frederic Madden in the translation of this work (see lot 144) states that this is the best edition. Provenance: Richard Ford his sale, Phillips, 3rd October, 1985, lot 255.
Chess.- Ponziani (Domenico) Il giuoco incomparabile degli scacchi, second edition, title with woodcut printer's device, errata f. at end, woodcut diagrams, initials and tail-pieces, occasional spotting, some light browning, contemporary vellum, red morocco label to spine, a few nicks, marked, [LN 527], 8vo, Modena, Heirs of Bartolomeo Soliani, 1782. ⁂ A manuscript note by Sir Frederic Madden in the translation of this work (see lot 144) states that this is the best edition. Provenance: Richard Ford his sale, Phillips, 3rd October, 1985, lot 255.
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