kempelen

Updated: June 11, 2025

While the Chess-Player was in possession of Baron Kempelen, it was more than once observed, first, that an Italian in the suite of the Baron was never visible during the playing of a game at chess by the Turk, and, secondly, that the Italian being taken seriously ill, the exhibition was suspended until his recovery.

Edgar Allan Poe - The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4