PRATT, Peter. The Theory of Chess, London, for the author, and sold by Samuel Bagster, 1799, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece (this spotted), contemporary half calf over marbled boards (extremities rubbed). [VDL Geschichte I, p. 404; Schachlitteratur 2080; KB 595]

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PRATT, Peter. The Theory of Chess, London, for the author, and sold by Samuel Bagster, 1799, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece (this spotted), contemporary half calf over marbled boards (extremities rubbed). [VDL Geschichte I, p. 404; Schachlitteratur 2080; KB 595]

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Pratt's notation follows a proposal of his own 'to consecrate the Chess-board to MINERVA rather than to MARS' and 'to make it decidedly a political contest' by calling 'the queen, a 'minister'; the rooks or castles, peers; the pawns, commoners; and castling, closeting: leaving to other pieces, the king, the bishops, and the knights, their commonly received appelations' (Preface, p.v).