DU PEYRAT, G. La Philosophie Royale du Jeu des Eschets pour Monseigneur le Daufin, et autres oeuvres meslées, dediees au Roy, Paris, chez P. Mettayer, 1608, sm. 8°, FIRST EDITION, pages ruled in red, title with the French Royal arms in woodcut, woodcut initials and tailpiece (title with mild purple ink stain at foot and possibly with ownership inscription erased), contemporary vellum, gilt, sides with 2-line rule and oval frame of ferns and leaves at centre, flat gilt spine in 4 sections with repeated flower tool (ties lacking), g.e. [VDL Geschichte I supplement, p. 33; Schachlitteratur 1981; KB 4138]

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DU PEYRAT, G. La Philosophie Royale du Jeu des Eschets pour Monseigneur le Daufin, et autres oeuvres meslées, dediees au Roy, Paris, chez P. Mettayer, 1608, sm. 8°, FIRST EDITION, pages ruled in red, title with the French Royal arms in woodcut, woodcut initials and tailpiece (title with mild purple ink stain at foot and possibly with ownership inscription erased), contemporary vellum, gilt, sides with 2-line rule and oval frame of ferns and leaves at centre, flat gilt spine in 4 sections with repeated flower tool (ties lacking), g.e. [VDL Geschichte I supplement, p. 33; Schachlitteratur 1981; KB 4138]

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PROVENANCE: J.W. Rimington Wilson (autograph on front pastedown).

The Philosophie Royale sets forth 9 precepts for kingship suggested by chess.

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