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Academie Universelle des jeux. Amsterdam: aux dépens de la compagnie, 1777. 2 volumes in one, 8vo. (16.6 x 9.1cm), woodcuts of backgammon in vol. II (L6 of vol. I with severe paper fault causing loss of text), contemporary marbled sheep, red edges (extremities worn).
Tennis occurs in vol. II, pp. 14-28, and is followed by Philidor's L'Analyse du Jeu des Echecs, pp. 154-256. Van der Linde I, p. 392; Henderson p. 186.
Academie Universelle des jeux. Amsterdam: aux dépens de la compagnie, 1777. 2 volumes in one, 8vo. (16.6 x 9.1cm), woodcuts of backgammon in vol. II (L6 of vol. I with severe paper fault causing loss of text), contemporary marbled sheep, red edges (extremities worn).
Tennis occurs in vol. II, pp. 14-28, and is followed by Philidor's L'Analyse du Jeu des Echecs, pp. 154-256. Van der Linde I, p. 392; Henderson p. 186.
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