Congres international des echecs. Compte rendu du congres de 1867 et des congres d'echecs anterieurs

Author: Camille Joseph-Alphonse Charles Féry d'Esclands1837-1909)Year: 1868Publisher: Arthus Bertrand, Place: ParisDescription:xcii+480+[4 including errata] with diagrams and tables. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5r 1/2") bound in black cloth with original front wrapper laid on. (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5194). first edition.World exhibitions became a new phenomenon in the West in the nineteenth century. Scientific and technical progress were shown. Ten World Fairs were organized during the second half of the nineteenth century. Seven times an international chess tournament was part of the event (London 1851, London 1862, Paris 1867, Vienna 1873, Philadelphia 1876, Paris 1878, Paris 1900). Paris, the French capital, was host to a world's fair exhibition in the summer of 1867. Among the enormous buildings erected to house new developments in science, technology (of which the Krupp Cannon was the most impressive display), and art, a master chess tournament was organized from June 4th