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LOT 706:
PETROV A.D. (1794-1867) ‘Shakhmatnaya Igra’ [The Chess Game, Systematically Arranged, with a Compilation of ...
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Start price:
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10,000
Estimated price :
€10,000 - €12,000
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PETROV A.D. (1794-1867) ‘Shakhmatnaya Igra’ [The Chess Game, Systematically Arranged, with a Compilation of Philidor’s Games and Notes on Them], Published by Alexander Petrov: [in 5 parts]. SPb: pub. N. Grech, 1824.
[Book 1], P.1-2: The Theory of Chess. - 1824. - [4], XII, 5-165, [3] p.: illustration, tabl.; [Kn. 2], Ch. 3-5: Practice of chess. - 1824. - [4], 102, 78, 88, [8], XII, p., [48] l. ill. 18.5 х11.5 cm Edition - 300 copies.
The illustrations on the separate leaves - stratagems (images of chess positions) - are executed in a chromolithography technique.
Composite binding of the same period. Covers glued with «marbled» paper, later spine glued with brown linen. The flyleaves were renewed.
Very good condition. Minor foxing to block, loss of a flyleaf at the beginning of the book, gluing of the flyleaves along the spine, loss of frontispiece.
Complete set of chess tables.
