Analyze des echecs.. English
François-André Danican Philidor (Dreux 1726 - London 1795)
Category
Books
Date
1817
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3254857
Summary
Bibliographic description
Fifth edition.. xxxii,428p.. 4to. Acquired by the National Trust with other former Dyrham books in April 2022. Front flyleaf torn and half wanting. Provenance: armorial bookplate of George William Blathwayt on front pastedown [possibly = Col. George William Blathwayt (1797-1871) or Capt. George William Blathwayt (1824-1899)]. Binding: nineteenth-century half binding with green leather and brown marbled paper; simple gold tooled fillets; red sprinkled edges; brown leather spine lable with 'Philidor on Chess' lettered in gold.
Makers and roles
François-André Danican Philidor (Dreux 1726 - London 1795)