Auction Closed
October 28, 08:54 PM GMT
Estimate
2,500 - 4,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Windisch, Carl Gottlieb von
Lettres de M. Charles Gottlieb de Windisch sur le joueur d'échecs de M. de Kempelen. Traduction libre de l'allemand, accompagnée de trois gravures en taille-douce qui représentent ce fameux Automate, and publiée par Chrétien de Mechel. Basel: Chez l"Editeur, 1783
8vo (203 x 127 mm). Half-title, 3 engraved folding plates by G. Pintz after W. de Kempelen; scattered foxing on half-title. Contemporary marbled wrappers; front and rear wrappers detached.
The work contains three folding engraved plates of the automatic chess player. Scarce: Rare Book Hub records only a copy offered by Maggs in 1934. Worldcat locates six copies in the United States and Canada and two in Europe.
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