LEWIS, William.
Elements of the Game of Chess, or a new method of instruction in that celebrated game, founded on scientific principles: containing numerous general rules, remarks and examples, by means of which, considerable skill in the game may be acquired, in a comparatively short time.
London, Printed for Longman et al., 1822.
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The first edition of this introductory chess manual by English Grandmaster William Lewis (1787-1870), possibly the first chess player to be described as such.
Lewis is remembered today for the eponymous Lewis Countergambit ('3.c3, d5') response to the Philidor variation, and as one of the chess players to operate the (fake) chess-playing automaton 'The Turk' built by Wolfgang von Kempelen.
First edition; 8vo (18.5 x 11.5 cm); occasional light spotting; 20th-century half diced calf, marbled paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, marbled edges, small pen mark to lower cover, very good; xii, 240pp.
Lewis is remembered today for the eponymous Lewis Countergambit ('3.c3, d5') response to the Philidor variation, and as one of the chess players to operate the (fake) chess-playing automaton 'The Turk' built by Wolfgang von Kempelen.
First edition; 8vo (18.5 x 11.5 cm); occasional light spotting; 20th-century half diced calf, marbled paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, marbled edges, small pen mark to lower cover, very good; xii, 240pp.
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Elements of the Game of Chess,
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