Lucena, Luis Ramirez de. Repetición de Amores y Arte de Ajedrez. View Watchlist >
Reprint. Madrid, Diez Pastor, 1953.
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Lucena, Luis Ramirez de. Repetición de Amores y Arte de Ajedrez. Reprint. Madrid, Diez Pastor, 1953. With many diagrams. XXIV, 92 pages, 78 unnumbered leaves, 1 blank leaf, 4 leaves of table of contents, printer's imprint, and list of subscribers. Original parchment with gilt lines and green spine label. "Colección Joyas Bibliográficas" No. VIII. Lavishly designed reprint, with reproductions of the diagrams and a reprint of the text based on the original. Kieler Schachkatalog 6120. No. 221 of 250 copies.
Lucena's chess book, published around 1497, shows the transition from Arabic to modern chess. He describes the modern rules of chess, gives some openings, and presents 150 problems according to old and new rules, which he called "Juego de Partido."
Condition: Partly uncut copy. In a slipcase. From David DeLucia's chess library.
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