Sossnitz, Joseph. Sechok Ha-Schach [“The Game of Chess.”]

AUCTION 43 | Thursday, April 02nd, 2009 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Sossnitz, Joseph. Sechok Ha-Schach [“The Game of Chess.”]

FIRST EDITION. With chess diagrams ff. 8, 102, (1). Usual browning, previous owner’s stamps. Original pictorial boards, rubbed. 8vo

Vilna : 1879

Est: $400 - $600

Containing both instructions and master games, this is one of the earliest practical chess manuals in Hebrew. The grand-master Akiva Rubinstein is said to have gained the rudiments of chess from this book. See V. Keats, Chess Among the Jews (London, unpublished)