The theory of chess
Subtitle: a treatise in which the principles and maxims of this game, or rather science, are clearly and concisely explained, as concisely at least, as it might be advisable to attempt : includng directions for playing, modelled and arranged in an original manner ...
Contributors: Bagster, Samuel, 1772-1851.; Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for the author, and sold by Samuel Bagster ...
Published: 1799
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
Subjects: Chess -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: ESTC T112467
Anonymous. By Peter Pratt. Cf. ESTC.
"... For the use of those whom the celebrity of chess has inspired with a wish to become acquainted with it, but who, not having access to any professor, have no better way of acquiring the rudiments than a recourse to publications on the subject".