[Chess]. Cessole, Jacopo da. Volgarizzamento del libro de` costumi e degli offizii de nobili sopra il giuoco degli scacchi. Milan, Giulio Ferrario, 1829. In 8° (230 x 145 mm); XX, 162, [2] pages. Large vignette on title page and 15 vignettes in the text applied as provided by the publisher, errata at end of volume (few flourishes.) Printed hardback editorial binding (restored). Rare work on chess with the vignettes copied from woodcuts of the Florentine edition of 1493. Also in the lot among others Ponziani's Il giuoco incomparabile degli scacchi of 1861, Regole utilissime sul giuoco degli scacchi in the Livorno edition of 1828,Il giuoco degli scacchi in sei lezioni con le notizie sulla sua origine e denominazione dei pezzi of 1850, and Amerigo Seghieri's Guida elementare per apprendere il giuoco degli scacchi of 1889. (9)

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