VIDA, Marcus Hieronymus (ca. 1490-1566, Bishop of Alba). Opera, quae quidem extant, Omnia, nempe Christiados Libri VI, De Poetica Lib. III, De Bombycum Lib. II, De Scacchorum Ludo, Lib.I, [Venice, per Melchiorem Sessam, 1538], 8°, fifth edition of Scacchia Ludus, first Venice edition, A-X8, +8,++. (lacking final ? blank), italic type, title and colophon with Sessa cat, woodcut initials (occasional light dampstains at margins), contemporary vellum (ties defective). [Schachlitteratur 3150; KB 4554]

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VIDA, Marcus Hieronymus (ca. 1490-1566, Bishop of Alba). Opera, quae quidem extant, Omnia, nempe Christiados Libri VI, De Poetica Lib. III, De Bombycum Lib. II, De Scacchorum Ludo, Lib.I, [Venice, per Melchiorem Sessam, 1538], 8°, fifth edition of Scacchia Ludus, first Venice edition, A-X8, +8,++. (lacking final ? blank), italic type, title and colophon with Sessa cat, woodcut initials (occasional light dampstains at margins), contemporary vellum (ties defective). [Schachlitteratur 3150; KB 4554]

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