Scacchia ludus: or, the game of chess. A poem. Written originally in Latin by Marcus Hieronymus Vida, Bishop of Alba. Translated into English by Mr. Erskine. With a short introductory essay on the game of chess; and a translation of Vida's three pastoral eclogues. By Mr. Craig. The whole adorn'd with a handsome Frontispiece, and a Curious Head of Vida.

  • Vida, Marco Girolamo, approximately 1485-1566.
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M.DCC.XXXVI. [1736]
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Scacchia ludus. English and Latin

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[London] : Printed for A. Millar, at Buchanan's-Head over against St. Clement's-Church in the Strand, M.DCC.XXXVI. [1736]

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[8],219,[1]p.,plates : port. ; 80.

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ESTC T125322

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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