BOOK, Latin poem, 1536.
BOOK, Latin poem, 1536.
Marco Girolamo Vida:
Christiados Libri sex.
Lyon, Seb. Gryphius, 1536. 8vo. 16,5 x 10 cm. 224 pp. Printer’s woodcut device on title and final page. One historiated initial.
Recent marbled boards. Slight browning, a few minor stains, tips of tailend corners of first leaves showing light signs of usage.
An epic poem of the story of Christ in elegant Latin verse composed at the instigation of Pope Leo X with the idea of popularizing a subject traditionally shrouded in legend and mystery. The author, Marco Girolamo Vida, Bishop of Alba (c. 1489-1566) was considered one of the best neo-latin poets of his time.
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