Scacchia Ludus: Or, The Game of Chess. A Poem
by Vida, Marcus Hieronymus, Bishop of Alba [Marco Girolamo Vida]. English translation by W. Erskine. The Pastorals translated by Mr. Craig
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: A. Millar, 1736. 219 pp., includes both the fold-out frontispiece and the portrait of the author. Boards detatched but present; well-worn, old tape marks. Front board with a chipped free endpaper taped to it; a bookplate on pastedown. Chipping to spine ends. Frontispiece with tears to edges at upper right, and starting to separate from text block at top.. Leather.
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- Bookseller
- S.C. Sumner (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008538
- Title
- Scacchia Ludus: Or, The Game of Chess. A Poem
- Author
- Vida, Marcus Hieronymus, Bishop of Alba [Marco Girolamo Vida]. English translation by W. Erskine. The Pastorals translated by Mr. Craig
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- A. Millar
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1736
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- Spine
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- Bookplate
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