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VIDA - SCACCHIA LUDUS - 1736
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Current price : (GBP) £50,00
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Starting bid: (GBP) £50,00
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Location: Great Britain (UK)
Started: 2022-10-17 12:22:48
Ended: 2022-10-27 19:16:00
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Vida (Marcus Hieronymus): Scacchia Ludus, or The Game of Chess. A Poem. Written Originally in Latin. Translated into English by Mr. Erskine, with a Short Introductory Essay on the Game of Chess; and a Translation of Vida's three Pastoral Eclogues by Mr. Craig. (London) Printed for A.Millar... 1736.

Bound in recent black cloth. pp (viii), 219, plus errata page. The outer margin of title-page has been repaired with tissue paper which obscures some words. A translation of Vida's famous poem on chess with parallel text in Latin and English. LN 4580. Whyld & Ravilious, Chess Texts p.33. This copy is lacking the frontispiece and 2 folded plates.

 

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