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UNUSUAL CHESS FORE EDGE (FORE-EDGE PAINTING.) Philidor, François-André Danican. Analysis of the Game of Chess... New Edition, Improved and Greatly
UNUSUAL CHESS FORE EDGE(FORE-EDGE PAINTING.) Philidor, François-André Danican. Analysis of the Game of Chess... New Edition, Improved and Greatly Enlarged. ix, [3], 183 pages. 8vo, contemporary tan calf with inlaid lozenge of brown calf on covers enclosed by gilt wreath and with gilt urn tool in center flanked by initials C. P., expertly rebacked retaining original flat spine divided by false bands into 6 compartments, with red morocco lettering piece in one and ornamental tooling in the rest; cloth slipcase. Contemporary armorial bookplate of Francis Pym, Esq.; modern morocco booklabel of Zola E. Harvey. London: P. Elmsly, 1790
- Notes: The painting consists of a large center panel portraying 2 chess players and 3 onlookers in 17th-century interior and costume, flanked by outer panels each containing 3 rows of a chessboard and all the pieces. Reproduced in color in Weber, Fore-Edge Painting (1966), page 93, with description on page 89.
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