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Greco, Gioachino. Le jeu des eschets, Traduit de l'Italien de Gioachino Greco, Calabrois. A Paris, Chez Jacques le Febvre, au dernier Pilier de la Grande'-Salle, vis a vis les Requestes du Palais. 1689. 12 leaves, 344 pp. Brown marbled calfskin from 18th century with rich gilt on spine. Van der Linde I, 363; L/N 400.

In November 1684, N. Pepingué, whose widow ceded her rights to J. le Febure on January 15, 1685, was granted a new privilege "de réimprimer" (to reprint) for six years. At the end of our edition, the printer's note reads "Acchevé de réimprimer le deuxième May 1689" (Completed to reprint on the second of May 1689).

This edition contains extensively documented games in the first book, and "Other ways of playing the Gambit" in the second book.

Greco was the strongest chess master of the 17th century, born around 1600 in Calabria and died in 1634 in the Antilles. He invented "magnificent" combinations that are still known today (Greco's Sacrifice - Greco's Checkmate). Through faulty play by his opponents, Greco was often able to demonstrate his art. His chess book initially existed only in manuscript form; the first English translation appeared in 1656 and was subsequently printed in many languages ​​over the centuries. 

Condition: Brown marbled calfskin from 18th century with rich gilt on spine. Minor tape repair at first endpaper. From David DeLucia's chess library.

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