Listing # 40529
| Listing Format: | Auction |
| Current price : | €210,00 |
| Starting bid: | €5,00 |
| # of bids: | 30 |
| Closes: | Auction is closed |
| Location: | Austria |
| Started: | 2023-12-01 01:00:00 |
| Ended: | 2023-12-09 20:09:00 |
| Seller: |
Stikuw
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| High Bidder(s): | ek2112 (67) |
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Magee, James F. (ed): Good companion (Bonus Socius) - signed:
XIIIth century manuscript collection of chess problems, illustrated with coloured frontispiece and thirthy-eight full page reproductions from the original manuscript; to which is added a short narrative of Jacobus de Cessolis and the two french champions Philidor and La Bourdonnais; edited by James F. Magee jr of Philadelphia.
Florence, Tipografia Giuntina, 1910. 68 pp, coloured frontispiece (facsimile) 35 plates (including 20 coloured facsimiles). 18 x 25,5 cm.
"This work actually contains photographic reproductions of part (38p) of the Latin chess problem parchment manuscript known as Bonus Socius, with description, history and interpretation by the editor. The translation of the text into English was made by various hands indirectly from an Italian translation of the Latin original. In this work the Latin text appears in the facsimiles, but is not otherwise reproduced. Murray dates the manuscript as 14th century (see BCM 1910, p 238) not 13th cntury as given. The remainder of the book contains a history and description of the manuscript of Jacobus de Cessolis and short biographies of Philidor and La Bourdonnais, all with relevant illustrations. The binding, in leather, is a replica of that containing the original Bonus Socius manuscript, with brass bosses and a brass clasp." [Betts]
L/N 2362. Betts 32-21. This book is no. 101 of a limited edition. The leather binding has ten brass bosses but no clasp. The book is signed by James F. Magee (see scan). Weight 980 g.
Condition: Binding with lot of wear. Spine repaired. Gutter cracks on internal hinges, but everything still in place. Corners bumped - which affects some pages with dogears. Paper browned. Otherwise inside nice and clean. Overall Assessment = Average.
Postage EUR (insurance included): Non-EU countries please ask! I try to choose the most cost-effective yet reliable way.
I combine shipping – you always pay just real postage! The packing materials are free.
I send with the so-called "Paketmarke" (for further information https://www.post.at/privat_versenden_paket_paketmarke.php) which is, in general, the most cost-effective and reliable way to send parcels to Austria. One feature is that the shipment costs are defined via the longest and the shortest side of the parcel. The weight is limited to 10 kg. The parcel is also insured up to € 500,-.
- PM 045 = longest and the shortest side of the parcel is added max. 45 cm) GER=€10,79, other EU = €14,19
- PM 070 = longest and the shortest side of the parcel is added max. 70 cm) GER=€16,24, other EU = €19,69
- PM 120 = longest and the shortest side of the parcel are added max. 120 cm) GER=€21,69, other EU = €25,19
Therefore if you win more than 1 lot and the books fit into the same parcel, the shipping costs will be the same as for 1 book.
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P.S.: Bibliographical data taken from the KWABC database maintained by Mr Per Skjoldager (PS).
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