Libro da imparare giocare a scachi : et de belitissimi partiti

Name:

Damiano, de Odemira, approximately 1480-approximately 1544

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1500

Language:

Italian; Spanish; Castilian

Publisher:

[publisher not identified]

Subject:

Chess -- Early works to 1800; Chess

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

books

Physical Description:

64 unnumbered leaves : illustrations; 15 cm (8vo)

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Author's name from colophon.; Colophon: Laus Deo. Finisse el Libro da imparare giocare a scachi & delle partite. Cõposto per Damiano Portughese.; Signatures: A-H⁸.; Leaves G2, G3 and G4 missigned G3, G2 and B4 respectively.; Without pagination.; Woodcut illustrations.; Title woodcut and chess figures in the first chapter after the 1524 ed.; numerous text diagrams. Cf. Van der Linde, v. 1, p. 341.; Fourth (first undated) edition. Cf. Rimington Wilson, no. 385.; "The first Italian work on modern chess, which was printed in eight editions in the sixteenth century. Of the author little is known except that he came from the south of Portugal and was an apothecary by profession." Cf. Weissman, S. "Chess: a bibliophile's view" in Gazette of the Grolier Club, no. 22/23, p. 42.; Culture Class Collection copy imperfect: title leaf wanting; early ms. facsimile replacement (with illustration).; Culture Class Collection copy has page numbers written in pencil on some pages.; Culture Class Collection copy has underlines, marginal marks and written annotations in the margins.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, PC5 D1847 512l 1530

Collection:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Portuguese Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)