The Elements of Chess; A treatise combining theory with practice, and comprising the whole of Philidor's games and explanatory notes, new modelled; and arranged upon an original plan

Boston: Printed for W. Pelham, 1805. Good +. Boston: Printed for W. Pelham, 1805. First Edition. Octavo (21 cm); 186pp, collated incomplete. Missing frontis, pages 187-208, endsheets and flyleaves. Bound in cream and gray paper-covered boards. Pages uncut. Boards bumped and worn with cracking to both hinges and middle of spine. Generally soiled and scuffed. Binding cracked but firm at center and not separated fully. Page 79/80 laid in. Pages generally toned with offsetting from ink. Frontis and pages 187-208 have been removed with remnants of these pages at gutters. Scarce in retail and overall a Good or better copy, even with the missing pages.

A treatise of the games played and techniques employed by the best chess player of the 18th century, Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, for those looking to learn chess from a master.