Sold for:
$200
$200
How to Judge & Appreciate “Mephisto” The Marvellous Mechanical Chess-Player. London: G.C. Heywood, (1881). Four-page pamphlet issued by the exhibitor to arouse interest in the chess-playing automaton, offering details that set it apart from the “so-called Automatons” previously seen in London, including the Turk. With a contemporary clipping regarding another automaton, “Thavma,” and a second clipping giving chess notations on one game played by “Mephisto.”
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2017-06-10
