Il Puttino

Il Puttino is an Italian book[1] first published by Alessandro Salvio in 1634.

IN NAPOLI, Nella Stampa di Gio: Domenico Montanaro.

(English: IL PVTTINO, Otherwise called, THE ERRANT KNIGHT OF SALVIO, Above the Game of Chess, with his Apologia against Carrera, divided into three books.

According to JH Saratt's translation, Il Puttino was first published in 1604 and reprinted in 1634.

[4][5] "Il Puttino" was a nickname used by Salvio for Giovanni Leonardo from Cutro.

Sfida scacchistica alla corte del Re di Spagna showing Giovanni Leonardo ("Il Puttino") at the court of Philip II of Spain , around 1575, painting by Luigi Mussini (1883).