[Von der Lasa] Zur Geschichte und Literatur des Schachspiels

Forschungen von T. von der Lasa. Leipzig, Veit & Comp., 1897. Large 8vo (25.5 x 18.5 cm.). Binding in faux-leather and faux-vellum, title on spine and boards in gilt stamping, title with small vignette. VIII,269 pp. + 2 pp. chess publications. Binding somewhat stained, else a very good copy of this standard work related to the development of chess in Europe from the Middle Ages.

Tassilo Baron von Heydebrand und der Lasa was an important German chess Grandmaster, chess historian and chess theorist. LN 242.