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Chess made easy : new and comprehensive rules for playing the game of chess : with examples from Philidor, Cunningham, &c. &c ; to which is prefixed a pleasing account of its origin : some interesting anecdotes of several exalted personages who have been admirers of it : and the Morals of chess, written by the ingenious and learned Dr. Franklin

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Publication date: 1802.
Call number: 118489
Dimensions: 15 cm
Associated people: Franklin, Benjamin, (1706-1790.); Franklin, Benjamin, (1706-1790.)
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