Chess.- Lolli (Giovanni Battista) Osservazioni teorico-pratiche sopra il giuoco degli scacchi ossia il giuoco degli scacchi esposto nel suo miglior lume… opera novissima , woodcut printer’s device on title, tailpieces, foxing throughout, contemporary 'carta rustica', later handpapers and printed label, soiled, [VDL Geschichte I, p. 372; Schachlitteratur 1589 1 1763], folio, S. Tommaso d’Aquino, Bologna , 1763. *** One of the fundamental Italian texts on the game of chess. Giambattista Lolli (1698 – 1769) was an Italian chess player and one of the most important chess theoreticians of his time.