Details
BUDAEUS, Guiliemus. De philologia libri II, [Paris:] Ioducus Badius Ascensius, 1532, 4°, printer's device to title, woodcut initials (title lightly soiled, occasional light soiling throughout), contemporary calf (lacking front free endpaper, joints cracked but cords holding, extremities rubbed). [Adams B3122]
Provenance
OWNERSHIP INSCRIPTION OF JOHN CHEKE, TUTOR TO EDWARD VI to title and some annotations in (?) his hand (some cropped). Cheke (1514-1557), one of the prinicpal restorers of Greek learning in England, "was unquestionably one of the most learned men of his age. He was a felicitous translator and a judicious imitator of the ancient classical authors" (DNB); inscription on Cheke in English to pastedown; bookplate of Robert, Maquis of Crewe.