Encyclopédie Méthodique. Dictionnaire des Jeux.

[LACOMBE, Jacques].

Edité par ParisChez Panckoucke ., 1792

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FIRST EDITION. 4to. (25.5 x 19.5 cm). pp.316+[16, plates]. Finely bound by Simier "R[elieur]. du Roi" in near contemporary full crimson morocco, sides decorated in blind and gilt with dice device to each corner, spine with raised bands and gilt-decorated compartments, yellow-coated endpapers, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Text in two columns. 16 engraved plates (some folding) illustrating a variety of different games including chess, billiards, dominoes, backgammon, the Game of the Goose, etc. etc. Ex libris Philip E. H. Samuel with his engraved bookplate to front pastedown. Generally an excellent copy in a most handsome complementary binding by René Simier. An encyclopaedia of some ninety games listed alphabetically and described with all their rules and special terminology. Our binding is signed at the foot of the spine the the requisite "Simier R[elieur] du Roi." While there were a number of binders named Simier in the nineteenth century, René Simier "pere" was the only one who was appointed Relieur du Roi.

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• Titre: Encyclopédie Méthodique. Dictionnaire des Jeux.
• Éditeur: ParisChez Panckoucke .
• Date de parution: 1792
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur
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