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VERY RARE: no copy available in Dutch or Belgian libraries!

The billiards game. A complete manual for enthusiasts, billiard players, markers, etc. Compiled after many years of practice in the principal cities of Europe. With illustrations.
Deventer, A. ter Gunne, 1855
47+(1) pp; 10 figures in the text
Original publisher's boards (16x10 cm, front cover only, brittle paper, partly loose, stained), foxed pages, scattered spots

The Amsterdam antiquarian Schierenberg advertises it as ‘the only known copy of an early Dutch work on billiard sports’ and asks 500 euros for it!

ZEER ZELDZAAM: geen exemplaar beschikbaar in Nederlandse of Belgische bibliotheken!

Het biljartspel. Eene volledige handleiding voor liefhebbers, biljarthouders, marqueurs enz. Zamengesteld na eene veeljarige beoefening in de voornaamste steden van Europa. Met afbeeldingen.
Deventer, A. ter Gunne, 1855
47+(1) pp; 10 figuren in tekst
Originele uitgeverskaft (16x10 cm, alleen voorplat, brokkelig papier, deels los, vervuild), beduimelde bladen, verspreide vlekjes

Het Amsterdams antiquariaat Schierenberg adverteert het als ‘the only known copy of an early Dutch work on billiard sports’ en vraagt er 500 Euro voor!


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Het biljartspel, by A. ter Gunne, is a first Dutch edition from 1855, a full manual on billiard games in Dutch, 47+(1) pages, 16 x 10 cm, in reasonable condition.

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Het biljartspel, by A. ter Gunne, is a first Dutch edition from 1855, a full manual on billiard games in Dutch, 47+(1) pages, 16 x 10 cm, in reasonable condition.

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