Chess.
Contributors: Twiss, Richard, 1747-1821.; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.; Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for J.G.I. and I. Robinson ..., and T. & I. Egerton ...
Published: 1787
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Chess -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: NUC pre-1956 NT 040632
Engraved t.p.
"... offered to chess-players, as a compilation of all the anecdotes and quotations that could be found relative to the game of chess, with an account of all the chess-books which could be procured"--P. i.
Compilation attributed to Richard Twist. Cf. NUC pre-1956.
Signatures: A² B-N⁸ O²; leaf A2 is blank.
"The morals of chess by Dr. Franklin"--P. 141-148.
Errata: p. [1] at end.
Includes index.
LC copy lacks blank leaf A2. Leaf of plates bound before errata sheet at end.
With: Pratt, Peter. The theory of chess. London : Printed for the author, and sold by Samuel Bagster, 1799. Bound together subsequent to publication.