Description
Beautiful copy of this work which will teach you the rules and strategies of more than forty games, played in the first half of the 18th century, both at court and in Paris or the provinces –
You will discover famous games, such as quadrille, piquet, reversis, chess or backgammon, but also lesser-known games, such as butterfly, tontine, suzette, beste, fly , the tavern, the farm, etc. –
Universal Academy of Games – 1739 –
(22) + 600 pages –
Good condition of the binding, book in its period full leather, scuffs, worn covers with slight loss on the upper cover, blunt corners, green holes, red edges, decorated ribbed spine, gilt titling on piece of morocco –
Correct interior condition, be careful however, pages 288 (it is cut in 2) to 310 (itself with lack of material in the upper margin) are missing, some pages are or have a tendency to loosen in the middle of the work, scattered foxing, handwritten annotation, pretty headbands, beautiful initial, lamp bases
