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[CHESS]. ALEXANDRE, A[aron]. (1765?-1850). Encyclopédie des Échecs… Paris: Chez d’Urtubie, Worms et Cie, 1837. Oblong folio. With 52 tables of chess openings. [viii], [104] pp. Approximately 12 ¾ x 18 ¾”. Publisher’s wrappers with elaborately engraved front wrapper (spine perished, wrappers worn and soiled, wrappers and a few text leaves a bit loose, some gutters starting, some occasional soiling, foxing in text). A good copy of this fragile book. FIRST EDITION IN THE RARE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. Preliminary text in French, English, German and Italian, with list of subscribers.