[Chess]. Colombo, Michele. The game of chess made easy for beginners. Milan, 1858. In 8° (150 x 100 mm); 123, [1] pages. Antiporta (flourishes.) Coeval binding in half black morocco with corners, gold title to spine. Also in the lot Il giuoco pratico o sieno capitoli diversi che servono di regola ad una raccolta di giuochi più praticati nelle conversazioni d'Italia by Ovidio Bargelini dated 1753 with facsimile frontispiece, Il giuoco dello sbaraglino, Sopra il giuoco degli scacchi dated 1860, Il giuoco degli scacchi by A. Seghieri of 1880 with numerous diagrams in the text, Salvioli's Manuale teorico-pratico del giuoco degli scacchi of 1899, and L'ultima teoria e pratica del giuoco degli sacchi also by Salvioli of 1914. (7)

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