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Nuovo e dilettevole giuoco chinese

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[Italy?] : [Publisher not identified], [1817?]
Physical Description
1 unnumbered leaf, 28 unnumbered leaves of plates : all illustrations ; 19 cm

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Engraved title leaf, and twenty-eight leaves of Tangram puzzles, figures numbered 1-323.
Remainder of title leaf reads: Questa ingegnosa invenzione e fondata sopra principi geometrici e consiste in 7. pezzi cioè 5 triangoli, un quadrato ed un paralellogrammo, i quali possono essere combinati in modo da formare più di 300 figure curiose.
This (pirated?) edition nearly identical to 1817 Milano edition published by Frat.. Battalli, except engraved title leaf reworked with subtle differences to vignette and text; rulings and margins constricted with no imprint; final letter 'e' at the end of the word 'esser' wanting; some Tangram puzzles repositioned on some plates. See (OCoLC)316790845.
First leaf of puzzles with solutions indicated.
This edition is among the first Italian books of Tangrams, ancient Chinese geometric dissection puzzles, in which a square is divided into seven standard shapes--five triangles, a square and a rhomboid--which a player must then recombine to form various flat shapes given only in outline or silhouette. These shapes often take the form of animals, human figures, letters, numbers, boats, vases, bridges, cups, etc ... leading some to term tangrams the earliest psychological test in the world.
Source of Acquisition
Rare Books copy: Purchased with funds from the Mary Ann O'Brian Malkin Program Endowment for Rare Books and Manuscripts; 2015.
Rare Books copy: Purchased from Bruce McKittrick Rare Books, Inc.; 2015.
Endowment Note
Mary Ann O'Brian Malkin Program Endowment for Rare Books and Manuscripts
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