Nouvel essai sur le jeu des échecs, avec des réflexions militaires relatives à ce jeu.
La Haye, Aux dépens de l'auteur, 1789.
8vo (185x116 mm), viii-x-254 pages. binding : Modern quarter stamped leather, flat spine with title piece.
First edition. Work which appeared at the expense of the author on subscription. Elias Stein (1748-1812) was a strong Dutch master, chess teacher and author. After the analyses in this book the Dutch Defence was called [Lindörfer].
references: Gay [Bibliographie anecdotique du jeu des échecs, p.106].