SARRATT, J.H. A Treatise on the Game of Chess, London, for William Miller, 1808, 2 vols., 8°, FIRST EDITION, with advertisement leaf at end of vol. II, contemporary red half morocco (lightly rubbed) [VDL Geschichte II, p.2; Schachlitteratur 2257; KB 617] -- PONZIANI, Domenico Lorenzo. The Incomparable Game of Chess [translated from Italian by J.S. Bingham], London, for J.J. Stockdale, 1820, 8°, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, wood-engraved diagrams, contemporary marbled boards backed in red morocco (lightly rubbed) [Schachlitteratur 317; KB 535]; and another by William Lewis (defective). (4)
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SARRATT, J.H. A Treatise on the Game of Chess, London, for William Miller, 1808, 2 vols., 8°, FIRST EDITION, with advertisement leaf at end of vol. II, contemporary red half morocco (lightly rubbed) [VDL Geschichte II, p.2; Schachlitteratur 2257; KB 617] -- PONZIANI, Domenico Lorenzo. The Incomparable Game of Chess [translated from Italian by J.S. Bingham], London, for J.J. Stockdale, 1820, 8°, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, wood-engraved diagrams, contemporary marbled boards backed in red morocco (lightly rubbed) [Schachlitteratur 317; KB 535]; and another by William Lewis (defective). (4)
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The second work is erroneously ascribed to Del Rio on the title page.