Sammlung Leichterer Schachaufgaben
Author: Dufresne, Jean (1829-1893)Year: 1881-1898Publisher: Drud und Berlag Philipp Reclam JunPlace: LeipzigDescription4 volumes: 213 pages with diagrams; 263 pages with diagrams; 229 pages with diagrams and index; 224+[14 ad] pages with diagrams. Sextodecimo (5 1/2" x 4") Bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. Chess problems selected by Jean Dufresne. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:2450) First edition.There were a total of six volumes in the series, each about 14/15 cm x 10cm. Four are entitled Schachaufgaben I, II, III (700 pages) Schachaufgaben 2 (262 pages), Schachaufgaben (450 pages), and Schachaufgaben 5 (236 pages); the fifth (dark grey spine, 198 pages) is anonymous as to cover. All contain volumes of Schachaufgaben by J. Dufresne, H. von Gottschall, and J. Mieses. Schachaufgaben I, II, III contains volumes I, II, III, all by Dufresne; "Schachaufgaben 2", volume II only; "Schachaufgaben", volumes III (Dufresne) and IV (von Go