
HELLWIG, JOH. CHRIST. LUDW. Versuch eines aufs Schachspiels gebaueten taktischen Spiels von zwey und mehreren Personen zu Spielen (und) Versuch eines auf Schachspiel...praktischer Teil. 2 Bde. Leipzig, Crusius, 1780-82. Bound in one cont. hcalf. Top of spine taped. Stamp. on title. XXXVIII,164 pp. and 2 large folded engraved plates (1 with some handcolouring) (of 8 plates ?) - XXXVIII,192 pp. and 10 large folded engraved plates, partly handcoloured (all plts. to this volume). ¶ First edition of an extremely scarce work associating chess with military tactics. His chess-analogy has been compared with modern computer games.
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