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Auction 12 · Lot 98
(Attributed to). Ma’adnei Melech.
- Estimate
- $600–$900
- Hammer price
- $550
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(CHESS). IBN EZRA, ABARAHAM
printer
Johannes Kölner
Place
Frankfurt am Main
Publication
1726
Description
Third edition. Woodcut diagram of a chessboard on verso of title.
references
Vinograd, Frankfurt am Main 461
summary
The work in fact contains two works on the game of chess; an allegorical poem attributed to ibn Ezra and an anonymous prose work which is titled Ma’adanei Melech (“The Kings Delight”). The metrical and verbal skill of the poem suggest that ibn Ezra was the author, but the main difficulty in ascribing it to him, is the reference to the double-pawn move. For a detailed examination of both ibn Ezra’s poem and the anonymous prose work Ma’adanei Melech see V. Keats, Chess Amoung the Jews (London) unpublished.
ff. (1), 15. Stained, title and final leaf expertly remargined. Modern boards. 12mo
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