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Il Puttino
Book by Alessandro Salvio
Book by Alessandro Salvio
Il Puttino is an Italian bookSALVIO NAPOLITANO, DOTTOR ALESSANDRO: IL PVTTINO Altramente detto, IL CAVALIERO ERRANTE DEL SALVIO , Sopra il gioco de'Scacchi, con la sua Apologia contra il Carrera, diuiso in tre Libri. IN NAPOLI, Nella Stampa di Gio: Domenico Montanaro. Con licenza de'Superiori. 1634 first published by Alessandro Salvio in 1634. Its full Italian title is:
IL PVTTINO Altramente detto, IL CAVALIERO ERRANTE DEL SALVIO, Sopra il gioco de'Scacchi, con la sua Apologia contra il Carrera, diuiso in tre Libri. IN NAPOLI, Nella Stampa di Gio: Domenico Montanaro. 1634. Con licenza de'Superiori. (English: IL PVTTINO, Otherwise called, THE ERRANT KNIGHT OF SALVIO, Above the Game of Chess, with his Apologia against Carrera, divided into three books. IN NAPLES, In Gio's Press: Domenico Montanaro. 1634. With permission of the Superiors.)
According to JH Saratt's translation, Il Puttino was first published in 1604 and reprinted in 1634. The four books were reprinted by an unknown author in 1723.SALVIO, DOTTOR ALESSANDRO: Il Giuoco degli Scacchi diviso in IV. Libri, Ed in questa ristampata accresciuto di alcuni giuochi dello stesso Autore, non ancora dati alla luce. Da un Incognito per i Novizi del Giuoco. IN NAPOLI, Nella Stamperia di Felice Mosca. Con licenza de' Superiori. 1723 The latter work, published in 1723, is sometimes referred to as The Salvio.
It is the second book (libro secondo in Italian), or second chapter of the first book published in 1634. It tells a story which took place 50–60 years before publication. See also "LIBRO QUARTO", fourth book, reprint of the trattato of 1604.SALUIO NAPOLITANO, DOTTOR ALESSANDRO: TRATTATO DELL’ INVENTIONE ET ARTE LIEBERALE DEL GIOCO DI SCACCHI, Diuiso in Di-scorsi, Sbaratti, e Partiti.IN NAPOLI, Appress Gio. Battista Sottile. Con Privilegio. 1604SALVIO NAPOLITANO, DOTTOR ALESSANDRO: TRATTATO DELL’ INVENTIONE ET ARTE LIEBERALE DEL GIOCO DI SCACCHI, LIBRO QUARTO, Seconda Impressione IN NAPOLI, Nella Stampa di Gio: Domenico Montanaro. Con licenza de'Superiori. 1634
"Il Puttino" was a nickname used by Salvio for Giovanni Leonardo from Cutro. A long list of chess players are named in the Puttino which reflect real persons, including:
- Ruy Lopez
- Leonardo
- Puttino
- Paolo Boi
- Giulio Cesare da Lanciano English chess player George Walker first translated Il Puttino into English under the title "The light and lustre of chess" in the Chess Player's Chronicle in 1843.
References
References
- CARRERA, PIETRO ([[Pietro Carrera]]) Risposta di Valentino Vespaio contro l’Apologia di Alessandro Salvio. Catania, Giovanni Rossi. 1635 (reprinted in Catania, Edizione Boemi. 1996)
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=h3wEAAAAQAAJ The Chess player's chronicle, The light and lustre of chess, by George Walker, 1843]
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