Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections

Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections

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From the chess collection of Lothar Schmid

José Carlos Garcés y de la Sierra Boil de Arenós | Libro nuevo, juego de damas, 1684, a rare early Spanish work on checkers

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José Carlos Garcés y de la Sierra Boil de Arenós


Libro nuevo, juego de damas dividido en tres tratados el primero de peones el segundo, para de dama a dama el tercero, para de dos a dos damas. Madrid: [Antonio González de Reyes], 1684


Small 4to (203 x 148 mm), title-page with decorative woodcut border, woodcut initials, full-page woodcut of a checkerboard, modern gilt-ruled vellum, spine gilt with gilt-lettered black calf label, end-leaves renewed, edges lightly ink-spotted


VERY RARE EARLY SPANISH WORK ON CHECKERS. Rare Book Hub lists no auction records for this edition.


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USTC 5071895

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