SEVERINO, M. Aurelio. La Filosofia Overo il Perche degli Scacchi, Naples, Antonio Bulifon, 1690, 4°, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait by A. Magliar, full-page engraved diagram, woodcut ornaments (some browning, K3 cleanly torn); Dell' Antica Pettia Overo che Palamede non è stato l' Inventor degli Scacchi, Naples, Antonio Bulifon, 1690, 4°, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait by Magliar (browning, final leaves wormed at lower margins), 2 works in one volume, contemporary vellum. [VDL Geschichte I, p. 33 (supplement) and p. 41; Schachlitteratur 2944 and 2943; KB 4147 and 171]

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SEVERINO, M. Aurelio. La Filosofia Overo il Perche degli Scacchi, Naples, Antonio Bulifon, 1690, 4°, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait by A. Magliar, full-page engraved diagram, woodcut ornaments (some browning, K3 cleanly torn); Dell' Antica Pettia Overo che Palamede non è stato l' Inventor degli Scacchi, Naples, Antonio Bulifon, 1690, 4°, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait by Magliar (browning, final leaves wormed at lower margins), 2 works in one volume, contemporary vellum. [VDL Geschichte I, p. 33 (supplement) and p. 41; Schachlitteratur 2944 and 2943; KB 4147 and 171]

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"Der Autor versucht zu zeigen, dass das Schachspiel moralische, politische, oekonomische und besonders militärische Vorschriften enthält, erwähnt aber den Cessoles gar nicht" (Van der Linde).

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