Lot 316

Chess--Singer, Samuel Weller




Auction: 16 May 2008 at 12:00 BST
£1,560
Description
Researches into the history of playing cards. London: R. Triphook, 1816, first edition, 4to, one of 250 copies, title printed in red and black, half-title, list of subscribers, 8 plain and 11 hand-coloured plates, engravings and woodcuts in the text, some on india paper, contemporary diced calf, spine gilt, very neatly rebacked, red morocco label
Footnote
Note: One of the rarest English works devoted to chess. "Singer's most interesting compilation... only two hundred and fifty copies were printed. The beauty of the engravings added greatly to the work's value and interest" (DNB).
Provenance: The Society of Writers to the Signet, gilt arms on sides



