Chess. Hyde, Thomas. Mandragorias, seu Historia... Lot 705

[Chess]. Hyde, Thomas. Mandragorias, seu Historia Shahiludii. Oxford, Theatro Sheldonian, 1694. In 8° (157 x 98 mm); 2 parts in 1 volume; [72], 184, [4], 71, [1]; [16], 278, [2] pp. 3 plates engraved and folded, illustrations in text, also full-page (browning and other minor flaws.) Coeval vellum binding (speckling). Ex libris. Important work devoted to oriental games with an extensive section on chess. The volume is illustrated by two fold-out plates with chessmen, a giraffe, and examples of pawns. Also in the lotTraité élémentaire du jeu des échecs by comte de Basterot, c. 1852, with a "pièce du jeu d'echecsenvoyé à Charlemagne par le calife Haroun-al-Raschid" on the antiporta. (2)