SN - Le jeu du trictrac / Le jeu des échecs - 1750
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French original reedition, SN’s Le jeu du trictrac / Le jeu des échecs, bound in full brown leather, Tome I, published by Théodore Le Gras, circa 1750, 374 pages, a single-volume collection of two treatises on trictrac and chess by SN.
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Rare edition of this bound collection of this testimony of French playful literature dedicated to classic board games.
This first volume brings together two distinct treatises: one on trictrac, a backgammon game that was very popular in French society of the 17th and 18th centuries, detailing the rules, variants, and contemporary customs; the other on chess, outlining the different ways to play, openings, strategies, and known combinations of the time.
The work stands out for its aim to codify and transmit playful practices, offering enthusiasts a clear and comprehensive manual that is both practical and theoretical.
This collection illustrates the continuity between the tradition of board games, aristocratic and bourgeois leisure culture, and the art of the book, revealing the importance of these treatises in transmitting rules and in shaping a French playful memory.
SN - The game of trictrac as played today / The game of chess, with all its different variations - SD (Circa 1750) - Volume I - Théodore Le Gras -
[4], 370 pages;
Good condition of the binding, book in its original full brown leather, with scuffs, wear marks, mainly missing material on the back, missing headbands, cracked hinges, rounded corners, marbled edges, decorated spine, gilded titling and volume numbers, cold-stamped fillets framing the covers.
Good interior condition, browning, work enriched with some vignettes interspersed in the text, marbled endpapers, ex-libris.
Delivery service guaranteed within a few days.
Rare edition of this bound collection of this testimony of French playful literature dedicated to classic board games.
This first volume brings together two distinct treatises: one on trictrac, a backgammon game that was very popular in French society of the 17th and 18th centuries, detailing the rules, variants, and contemporary customs; the other on chess, outlining the different ways to play, openings, strategies, and known combinations of the time.
The work stands out for its aim to codify and transmit playful practices, offering enthusiasts a clear and comprehensive manual that is both practical and theoretical.
This collection illustrates the continuity between the tradition of board games, aristocratic and bourgeois leisure culture, and the art of the book, revealing the importance of these treatises in transmitting rules and in shaping a French playful memory.
SN - The game of trictrac as played today / The game of chess, with all its different variations - SD (Circa 1750) - Volume I - Théodore Le Gras -
[4], 370 pages;
Good condition of the binding, book in its original full brown leather, with scuffs, wear marks, mainly missing material on the back, missing headbands, cracked hinges, rounded corners, marbled edges, decorated spine, gilded titling and volume numbers, cold-stamped fillets framing the covers.
Good interior condition, browning, work enriched with some vignettes interspersed in the text, marbled endpapers, ex-libris.
Delivery service guaranteed within a few days.
Details
Number of Books
1
Subject
Games and pastimes, Literature, Reference
Book Title
Le jeu du trictrac / Le jeu des échecs
Author/ Illustrator
SN
Condition
Fair
Publication year oldest item
1750
Edition
Reprint
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Théodore Le Gras
Binding/ Material
Leather
Number of pages
374
