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LÓPEZ DE SEGURA, Ruy (1530-1580)

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Lot 122 | LÓPEZ DE SEGURA, Ruy (1530-1580)
LÓPEZ DE SEGURA, Ruy (1530-1580)

Libro de la invencion liberal y arte del juego del Axedrez…Alcalá de Henares : Andrés de Angula, 1561.

Édition originale du premier grand traité théorique consacré au jeu d’échecs. Il a été rédigé par Ruy López de Segura, confesseur du roi Philippe II d’Espagne. Ses fonctions de prêtre l’amènent à voyager à plusieurs reprises en Italie ; il en profite pour rencontrer et battre les meilleurs joueurs du pays. Ces mêmes joueurs italiens prendront leur revanche lors du grand tournoi organisé à la Cour d’Espagne, en 1575, considéré comme la première compétition internationale d’échecs.

L’ouvrage contient notamment les premières analyses des ouvertures qui étaient alors employées.

Brunet, IV, p. 153 (« ouvrage rare ») ; USTC 339481.



In-8 (180 x 130 mm). Lettrines gravées sur bois (restaurations au premier cahier ; salissures ; rogné un peu court ; feuillet T1 relié verso-recto). Reliure moderne par l'atelier portugais A. Carmelita : velours framboise, titre doré sur le premier plat, décor estampé à froid, gardes de soie rouge, fermoirs dorés, tranches mouchetées. Emboîtage moderne.

Provenance : notes de lecture marginales anciennes, partiellement rognées -- Manuel de Foronda y Gómez (1907-1969 ; ex-libris).



First edition of this landmark work on the theory of chess.



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