Antique Chess Books and Publications

There are some interesting chess books in my collection, mostly from the 1800's.  I have managed to acquire several very old chess books, including Ringhieri (1551), Selenus (1616), Greco (1656), Severino (1690) and others.  The collection also has all-time classic books such as the first edition of Philidor's L'Analyze des E'checs (1749).

I will put detailed photos of these rare books on the web as time permits.  Meanwhile, click on the appropriate icon below for detailed photos for The Royall Game of Chesse-Play, a first-edition book from 1656 by Greco, the famous Italian.

Click on any of the photos below for more detailed information on each book.

   
         
    1500's (Sixteenth century)    
  Ringhieri - Cento Giuochi Liberali - 1551 Cosmographia Chess Leaf - 1561        
         
    1600's (Seventeenth century)    
  Selenus - Das Schach oder Konig-Spiel - 1616 Saul - The Famous Game of Chesse-Play 1640 Greco - The Royall Game of Chesse-Play - 1656 Divertissmens Innocens - 1696 Severino -  La filosofia overo il perche degli schacchi - 1690  
  Thomas Hyde - 1694 Franklin - Chess Made Easy - 1797        
         
    1700's (Eighteenth century)    
  Greco - The Game of Chess - 1713 Hoyle's Games - 1755 - signed Hoyle's Games - 1796 Academie Universelle Des Jeux - 1770 Nouvel Essai Sur Le Jeu Des - 1789  
  Greco - Chess Made Easy - 1750 Stamma - Nouvelle Maniere De Jouer Aux Echecs - 1777 Philidor - Analysis of the Game of Chess - 1777 Lambe - History Of Chess - 1764 Philidor - Analysis of the Game of Chess - 1790  
  Philidor - Chess Analysed - 1750 Stamma - Essai sur le Jeu des Echecs - 1737 Ponziani - Il Giuoco Incomparabile Degli Scacchi - 1782 Chess Prints from the 18th Century Twiss - Chess - 1787  
  Bertin - The Noble Game of Chess - 1735 Philidor - L'analyze des e'checs - 1749 Lolli - Osservazioni teorico-pratiche sopra il giuoco degli scacchi - 1763 Diderot Engravings - 1776 Hoyle's Book of Games - 1770  
  Philidor - Analysis of the Game of Chess - 1790 Philidor - Le Jeu des Échecs - 1792 Philidor - Analysis of the Game of Chess - 1790 Philidor and Stamma - Schachspiel - 1754    
         
    1800's (Nineteenth century)    
  Philidor book 1817 First Staunton Chess-Men advertisement 1849 Walker Treatise on Chess - 1841 Chess Players Textbook - 1850 Triumphs of Paul Morphy - 1859  
  Philidor book by Amateur 1804 Philidor book by Pohlman 1819 Littell chess article 1849 Morphy book by Lowenthal 1886 Hoyle's Games Book - 1868  
  Staunton's Chess Players Handbook - 1848 Chess Players Companion 1849 Signed 1857 Waifs and Strays 1862 Practical Chess Grammar 1818 Souvenir of the Bristol Chess Club 1845  
  The Chess Openings by Gunsberg 1896 Pardon - A Handbook of Chess 1862 Green - Chess - 1890 Horwitz - Chess Studies and End-games - 1884 Stopford - Practical Chess Grammar - 1818  
  Lewis - Chess for Beginners - 1846 Agnel - A Book of Chess - 1859 Staunton - Chess Players Chronicle - 1842 Mr. Blackburne's Games At Chess - 1899 Appleton - Chess Players Handbook - 1849  
  Lewis - The Game Of Chess - 1822 Staunton - Chess Praxis - 1860 Chess Players Handbook 1849 Marache's Manual of Chess - 1890 Gossip - Chess Pocket Manual - 1899  
  The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895 Paul Morphy article ILN 1858 Chess Player's Companion 1849 Staunton Chess Player's Companion 1849 Sarratt book 1813  
  Stamma book 1819 Kenny - Manual of Chess 1847 Philidor - Studies of Chess - 1804 Gossip - The Chess Players Vade Mecum - 1891 Gossip - Chess Players Textbook - 1889  
  Freeborough - Chess Endings - 1891 Edge - Triumphs of Morphy - 1859 Cook - Synopsis Of Chess Openings - 1876 Philidor - Studies Of Chess - 1814 Steinitz - Modern Chess Instructor - 1892  
  Wormald - Chess Openings - 1875 Edge - Exploits and Triumphs of Paul Morphy - 1859 Howard Staunton - Chess Players Handbook - 1848 Philidor - Studies of Chess, Volume 2 - 1814 Philidor - Studies of Chess - 1817  
  Staunton - Chess Players Chronicle - 1851 Staunton - Chess Players Companion - 1892 Staunton - Chess Players Handbook 1848 Harry Nelson Pillsbury Autograph - 1899 Agnel's Book of Chess - 1855  
  Staunton - Chess Players Chronicle, vol III - 1843 De Montigny - Stratagems of Chess - 1817 Fiske - First American Chess Congress - 1859 Stratagems of Chess - 1818 Hoyle's Games - 1800  
  Staunton - The Chess Tournament - 1873 Stanley - Chess Players Instructor - 1859 Marache's Manual of Chess - 1866 Staunton - The Chess Tournament - 1873 Sarratt - A Treatise on the Game of Chess - 1808  
  Staunton - Chess Players Handbook - 1848 Fiske - 1st American Chess Congress - 1857 Cunnington - Modern Chess Primer - 1899 Philidor - Anilise de Juego de Ajedrez - 1898 Staunton Handwritten Letter - 1867  
  Bird - The Chess Openings - 1880 Hazeltine - Brevity and Brilliancy in Chess - 1866 Walker - The Chess Player - 1841 Hastings Chess Tournament 1895 The Chess Primer 1887  
  Lewis - The Games of the Match at Chess Played by the London and Edinburgh Chess Clubs - 1828 Kling and Horwitz - Chess Studies; or Endings of Games - 1851 Lewis - Chess Board Companion Philidor - Analyse de jeu de Echecs - 1821 Pardon - Beeton's Handy Book of Games - 1860  
  Bird - Modern Chess - 1885 Jaenisch's Chess Preceptor 1847 Hoyle's Games Improved - 1808 Zukertort and Hoffer - Modern Chess Monthly - 1881 Sarratt - Works of Damaino, Ruy Lopez, and Salvio - 1818  
  Philidor - Studies of Chess - 1808 Bird - The Chess Openings - 1878 Cook - Synopsis of the Chess Openings - 1888 Portius - Katechismus der Schachspielkunst - 1879 DeWitt - The Chess Players - 1859  
  La Bourdonnais - Nouveau Traite du Jeu des Echecs - 1833 The Philidorian Magazine Staunton - Chess Player's Chronicle - 1843 Kling and Horwitz - The Chess Player - 1852 Illustrated London News - 1843 through 1875  
         
    1900's (Twentieth century)    
  Fischer Handwritten Moves Chess Tales 1912 A History of Chess 1913 Reuben Fine - Basic Chess Endings - autographed - 1941 Thirteenth Century Chess Problems - 1910  
  Cunnington - Chess Openings for Beginners - 1900 Homage to Capablanca book Havana Tournament Book 1913 Torneo de las Naciones 1939 Match por el Campeonato de Ajedrez (1927)  
XVII World Chess Olimpiade, Cuba 1966, Signed by Larsen
Freeborough & Ranken - Chess Openings Ancient & Modern - 1910
Mason - Chess Openings - 1915
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