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SALVIO (Alessandro). TRATTATO dell' Inventione et Arte Liberale del Gioco di Scacchi. In Napoli. 1604.

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SALVIO (Alessandro)
TRATTATO dell’ Inventione et Arte Liberale del Gioco di Scacchi. In Napoli: Appresso Gio. Battista Sottile, 1604.

a4, A-Z4, Aa2; [8], 186, [2] pp.; 195 mm.

FIRST Edition, written by one of the greatest Italian masters of the s. XVII. While still young, he defeated another great Italian master, Paolo Boi, having built a center he called the Chess Academy, becoming a reference for his written works. Very rare.

¶ Brunet, v.5, c. 103