DUCCHI, Gregorio. La Scacheide, Vicenza, appresso Perin Libraro & Giorgio Greco compagni, 1586, sm. 4°, FIRST EDITION, *6, A-2G.4, 2H., 2H1 with list of combatants on recto and errata on verso, 2H2 blank, italic type, title with architectural surround and publisher's device, woodcut initials and headpieces (*6 repaired at inner margin, D4 cleanly torn and repaired, E1-2 stained, F1-4 cleanly torn and repaired and also wormed with slight loss), 18th-century half vellum, covers with star-patterned paper by "Lo Bertinazzi in Bologna" (corners rubbed, wormholes in spine). [VDL Geschichte II, p. 272; Schachlitteratur 722; KB 4359; BMC German Books p. 228]

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DUCCHI, Gregorio. La Scacheide, Vicenza, appresso Perin Libraro & Giorgio Greco compagni, 1586, sm. 4°, FIRST EDITION, *6, A-2G.4, 2H., 2H1 with list of combatants on recto and errata on verso, 2H2 blank, italic type, title with architectural surround and publisher's device, woodcut initials and headpieces (*6 repaired at inner margin, D4 cleanly torn and repaired, E1-2 stained, F1-4 cleanly torn and repaired and also wormed with slight loss), 18th-century half vellum, covers with star-patterned paper by "Lo Bertinazzi in Bologna" (corners rubbed, wormholes in spine). [VDL Geschichte II, p. 272; Schachlitteratur 722; KB 4359; BMC German Books p. 228]

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