Le Palamede de revue mensuelle des Echecs et Autres Jeux, Volume I

Author: La Bourdonnais, Louis-Charles Mahé de (comte de La Bourdonnais) (1795-1840) from the library of Lothar SchmidYear: 1836Publisher: Au Breau de la RevuePlace: ParisDescription 463+[blank]+[19] pages with pictorial title, tables and diagrams. bound in with "Une Revanche de Waterloo Une Partie d'Echecs" poem by Mery, published in 1836 by Au Club des Panorams. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6") bound in half leather with six raised spine binds with labels in gilt lettering over marbled boards. Volume 1. From the library of Lothar Schmid. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 6013) First edition. In 1836, fans of Cafe de la Regence at the French Place du Theatre in Paris, and friends of Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais, decided to create a magazine, named Le Palamede, which would show the beauty on the game of chess. The French, recognized as the best players in the world; since, in 1834 La Bourdonnais met Irish master Alexander MacDonnell in a series of six matches, with La Bourdonn