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Divertissemens innocens contenant les régles du jeu des echets, du billard, de la paume, du palle-mail, et du trictrac. The Hague: Adrian Moetjens, 1696. 12° (13.4 x 7.2cm), collation: frontispiece + *12 A-X12 (- *1 and X12, both blank?); [22] 476 [6]p. Engraved frontispiece after A. Schoonebeek, title in red and black with woodcut device, contemporary calf, spine gilt, red edges (some rubbing, joints cracked and chipped). Provenance: purchased from Maggs, London, 29 Decemebr 1937, for £2 2s.
The chapter on "Le jeu royal de la paume" (pp. 333-359) reprints the laws of Forbet and two other parts of his book. It is preceded by a detailed account of "Le jeu des echets du Calabrois" (pp. 1-324). Van der Linde I, p. 363; Garnett p. 290; Henderson p. 183.
Divertissemens innocens contenant les régles du jeu des echets, du billard, de la paume, du palle-mail, et du trictrac. The Hague: Adrian Moetjens, 1696. 12° (13.4 x 7.2cm), collation: frontispiece + *
The chapter on "Le jeu royal de la paume" (pp. 333-359) reprints the laws of Forbet and two other parts of his book. It is preceded by a detailed account of "Le jeu des echets du Calabrois" (pp. 1-324). Van der Linde I, p. 363; Garnett p. 290; Henderson p. 183.
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