1584. BOOK: (CHESS). RUI LOPEZ: IL GIUOCO DE GLI SCACCHI... TRADOTTO DA M. GIO. DOMENICO TARSIA. Venetia: Presso Cornelio Arrivabene, 1584. 8º larger. 4 h. + 214 p. + 1 h. Woodcut capitals, contains woodcuts of the board and each of the pieces. Enc. in half parchment of the period. Title page with some old ink stains and former owner's name. First Italian edition of this distinguished work on chess, where the Spaniard Rui Lopez establishes the bases of the strategy game that will govern until today. This is the FIRST ITALIAN EDITION of this rare work.

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