Old book by Marinière

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While reading German chess books from the 19th century, I have found vague references to a chess book by a Frenchman named "Marinière". The book appears to be from the 18th century, and at least part of it appears to be about chess history or chess anecdotes. Googling has not turned up anything useful. There is a book "La maison des jeux académiques" by Denis de La Marinière, but it is from 1665, so older than I expected, and anyway it only seems to contain the chess rules, so this cannot be the book I am looking for. Does anyone know about any other chess-writing Marinière from bygone days?

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Here's a link to a pdf with a lot of references to the book you are referring to from the 17th century. Explanations are in French, but Google translate can help you out. It is very likely that it is indeed the book you are referring to, but I'll leave that evaluation to you 🤔

les-livres-de-jeux-aux-xviie-et-xviiie-siecles-une-typologie-des-lecteurs-joueurs.pdf

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@BrownishGerbil, I think you are partly right. Further study has revealed that the German authors probably had their sources mixed up. The citation in question was not from Marinière, but from another book. Then they must have quoted one another, and thus the error spread.