Chess made easy
Subtitle: new and comprehensive rules for playing the game of chess, with examples from Philidor, Cunningham, &c. &c. : To which is prefixed a pleasing account of its origin, some interesting anecdotes of several exalted personages who have been admirers of it, and the Morals of chess, written by the ingenious and learned Dr. Franklin.
Contributors: Humphreys, James, 1748-1810, printer.; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.; Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848, engraver.; Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed and sold by James Humphreys
Published: 1802
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 97
Subjects: Chess -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: LC copy has inscription on front fly-leaf and on t.p.: "Geo. Carter, 1832".
Ford, P.L.  Franklin bibliography, 335
Shaw & Shoemaker 2025
Plate signed: "Tanner, Eng."
"Morals of chess by Dr. Franklin"--P. [25]-32.
Publisher's advertisements: [8] p. at end.