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Philidor Analyse du jeu des échecs - Delarue, ca. 1850-1860 View Watchlist >
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François-André Danican Philidor
Analyse du jeu des échecs.
Paris: Delarue, Libraire-Éditeur; Lille: Blocquel-Castiaux, [ca. 1850-1860].
Small 8vo. (cm 11,5x18,5 ca.) Illustrated with 42 engraved plates (numbered 1–42, complete as issued), including diagrams of positions and endgames; title-page stating “illustrée par cinquante planches.” With an engraved diagram of the initial chess position on the facing page.
A “Nouvelle édition” of Philidor’s celebrated and highly influential treatise on chess, first published in 1749. This copy belongs to a19th-century French illustrated issue. Although the title-page advertises fifty plates, the present example is complete with forty-two plates, as issued, a known variant reflecting contemporary publishing practices rather than later incompleteness or imperfection.
Condition: Very well preserved overall. Binding sound and solid; spine intact. Occasional light pencil markings, easily erasable, not affecting the text or plates. Plates well preserved].