[Chess]. Ciccolini, Giuseppe. Attempt at a new chess game. Rome, Francesco Bourliè, 1820. In 8° (164 x 112 mm); 2 parts in 1 volume. 3 plates engraved and folded, the second part consists of diagrams printed in color (halos in the second part and to the folded plates, restoration to a tear.) Modern leatherette binding with gilt title vertically on spine. Ex libris. Specimen with beards. Also in the lot is a specimen with beards of The New Treasury of Chess, which includes the number of seven hundred four plates of 1827, Il giuoco degli scacchi with some rules and observations in the Florentine edition of 1832, and Il maestro de' giuochi della dama all'italiana e alla polacca of 1832. (4) SALEROOM NOTICE: The lot contains 3 volumes. There is no The New Treasure of 1827.

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