Joseph Sossnitz. Sechok HaSchach [“The Game of Chess.”]

(CHESS).

Vilna

1879

FIRST EDITION . With foldout chess-board and chess-pieces.

Containing both instructions and master games, this is one of the earliest practical chess manuals in Hebrew. The Grandmaster Akiva Rubinstein is said to have gained the rudiments of chess from this book. The rare inserted foldout board and pieces was issued to be cut out for the “student who cannot afford to buy actual chess pieces”