Gryphius 1581, with a poem about the game of chess
Gryphius 1581, with a poem about the game of chess
Marcus Hieronymus Vida:
Opera.
Lugduni (Lyon), apud Ant. Gryphium, 1581. 16mo. 574 pp.
Contemporary blindstamped pigskin, apparently a remboitage. Chess bookplate of Börje Börjesson (designed by A. Sjögren).
With ”Scacchia ludus” (The Game of Chess) on pages 518-40.
Marco Girolamo Vida or Marcus Hieronymus Vida (1485?-1566) was an Italian humanist, bishop and poet. He wrote a considerable amount of Latin poetry, both secular and sacred, in classical style, particularly in the style of Virgil. His poem about chess has been translated into many languages and was first published in 1527.
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