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A Complete Treatise on the Game of Chess, printed by T. Davison for R. Scholey et al, extracted from the first London edition, 1808.
| Title: |
A | COMPLETE TREATISE | ON THE | GAME OF CHESS, | IN WHICH | The Rules and Practice of the most eminent | Players are exhibited, | AND A GREAT VARIETY OF | EXAMPLES FOR LEARNERS INTRODUCED. | WITH A PLATE. | [short
rule] | ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY | Mr. HOYLE, | BUT NOW REVISED AND AUGMENTED BY | CHARLES JACKSON, Esq. | [short rule] | LONDON | Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars; | FOR R. SCHOLEY, VERNOR,
HOOD, AND | SHARPE, LANE AND NEWMAN, T .AND R. | HUGHES, C. CHAPPLE, H. D. SYMONDS,
C. | BOOKER, SCATCHERD AND LETTERMAN; | WILSON AND SPENCE, YORK; AND MUN-|DELL AND
CO. EDINBURGH. | Price One Shilling. | 1808. |
| Collation: |
12o: [A]1 B–E12 [F]1 [$½ signed]; 50 leaves, pp. [2 ] [1] 2–47 [48] 49–98 |
| Contents: |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Contents |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Running Titles |
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title |
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| A1v |
blank |
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| B1r–F1v (1–98) |
‘THE | GAME OF CHESS. | [...] | [colophon]’ |
B1v–F1v (2–98) |
‘CHESS.’ |
| Plates: |
Frontispiece engraving: ‘The Cheſs Men. | [chess men] | Pawn. Rook. Knight. Bishop. Queen King. | [chess board] | CHESS BOARD.’ |
| Publisher: |
Robert Scholey, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, Lane and Newman, Thomas and Robert Hughes, Clement Chapple, Henry Delahoy Symonds, C. Booker, Scatcherd and Letterman, Wilson and Spence, Mundell and Co. |
| Printer: |
Thomas Davison (title, colophon) |
| Notices: |
1808-07-27 Morning Post: "...The game at billiards to be had separately, price 1s. 6d. Chess 1s. 6d. and Backgammon
1s... " |
| Price: |
1s.6d. (advertisement) |
| References: |
Rather 93 |
| Colophon: |
‘[short rule] | T. Davison, Whitefriars.’ |
| Copies Seen: |
OCl [789 G8H2] |
| Other Copies: |
BNF [V-41818] |
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