[Rarebooks] FS: Vida's collected works (including his poem on chess). 1578

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Vida, Marcus Hieronymus. OPERA. Quorum Catalogum Sequens Pagella Continet. 
Antwerp: Ex Officina Christophori Plantini. 1578. 16mo. 504pp. Plantin woodcut 
device on title. Cont. calf, worn, but very sound. One fore-edge clasp present. 
    $1,250.00 (trade discount allowed)
The collected writings of Vida (d. 1566), the Italian author of many Latin 
poems, the most famous being the “Christias” and his “De Arte Poetica.” He is 
also remembered for his ingenious poem on the game of chess, “De Ludo Sacchorum
” or “Sacchia Ludus” which was translated into many languages. Voet, PLANTIN 
#2438. BL Dutch STC p. 205.

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