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The Works of Damiano, Ruy-Lopez, and Salvio, on the Game of Chess;

translated and arranged: with remarks, observations, and copious notes on the gams. Containing, also, several original games and situations, by the editor. To which are added, The Elements of the Art of Playing without seeing the Board.

Stock Code 109217

London, Printed for T. Boosey, 1813

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First edition. The first edition of Jacob Henry Sarratt's (d.1819) translation and arrangement of chess studies by the old masters Damiano, Ruy-Lopez and Salvio.

Sarratt learned much from Verdoni, a disciple of the great French master François-André Danican Philidor who spent his final years in exile in London before his death in 1795. After Verdoni's death in 1804, Sarratt became the leading chess player in England — assuming the title 'Professor of Chess'. Under his influence the London Chess Club adopted the continental rule that a game ending in a stalemate was a draw, rather than a win for the player stalemated as hitherto in England (ODNB).

First edition; 8vo (23.5 x 15 cm); 2 engravings, half-title, final leaf of ads., partially erased ownership inscription in pen to front pastedown, top-right title-page cropped to remove signature; contemporary cloth backed boards, red roan title-piece to spine, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, light spotting, margins toned, corners bumped, minor wear to extremities; [6], xviii, 382, [2]pp.

Simpson, p.14.
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The Works of Damiano, Ruy-Lopez, and Salvio, on the Game of Chess;

SARRATT, J.H.

Stock code: 109217

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