LESSING, Gotthold Ephraim. Kollektaneen zur Literatur, Berlin, bei Christian Friedrich Voss und Sohn, 1790, 2 vols. in one, 8°, FIRST EDITION, old boards [VDL Geschichte II, p. 429; Schachlitteratur 1515; KB 6] -- HUARTE, Juan. Prüfung der Köpfe zu den Wissenschaften [translated from Spanish by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing], Wittenberg and Zerbst, bey Samuel Gottfried Zimmerman, 1785, 8°, second edition of this translation, later half morocco (rebacked with old spine preserved) [VDL Geschichte II, p. 421; Schachlitteratur 1242; KB 4135 (misdated)]; and 2 others by Heinse and Polignac.

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LESSING, Gotthold Ephraim. Kollektaneen zur Literatur, Berlin, bei Christian Friedrich Voss und Sohn, 1790, 2 vols. in one, 8°, FIRST EDITION, old boards [VDL Geschichte II, p. 429; Schachlitteratur 1515; KB 6] -- HUARTE, Juan. Prüfung der Köpfe zu den Wissenschaften [translated from Spanish by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing], Wittenberg and Zerbst, bey Samuel Gottfried Zimmerman, 1785, 8°, second edition of this translation, later half morocco (rebacked with old spine preserved) [VDL Geschichte II, p. 421; Schachlitteratur 1242; KB 4135 (misdated)]; and 2 others by Heinse and Polignac.
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Lessing's work includes a bibliography of chess on pp. 332-39, while his translation of Huarte has allusions to chess on pp. 208, 360 and 380.

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