The Royall Game of Chesse-Play, Sometimes the Recreation of the late King, with many of the Nobility. Illustrated with almost an Hundred Gambetts. Being the Study of Biochimo the Famous Italian

by Giochino Greco

$7,500 · Offered by Thorn Books

First edition

London: Printed for Henry Harriman, 1656. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Item #21872 12mo. 14 ,120, 2 . Plate of chessboard present. Contemporary sheep, blind rules on the boards. Light dampstain across the top, the leather cracked and rubbed, especially at the spine, lacking the preliminary blank and the portrait of the King, else a very good copy. Makes one wonder if the

• Binding: Hardcover

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