Le Palamede de revue mensuelle des Echecs et Autres Jeux (Volume III, second Series)

Author: Saint-Amant, Pierre Charles Fournier de (1800-1872)Year: 1843Publisher: Bureau de la Revue au Cercle des EchecsPlace: ParisDescription: 576 pages with frontispiece, pictorial title, diagrams, illustrations and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in half leather with four raised spine bands in gilt lettering over marbled boards. Volume three of the second era. 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 Bourdonnais winning (+45, =13, -27) overall, and created a fervor for the game not only in England but France as well. The publication