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Scacchia ludus: or, The game of chess. : A poem

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Scacchia ludus: or, The game of chess. : A poem

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: M.DCC.XXXVI. [1736]
Call number: 499742
Creator: Vida, Marco Girolamo (approximately 1485-1566)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Marlborough Rare Books, June 2000.
Dimensions: 20 cm (8vo)
Associated people: Erskine, (active 18th century,); Millar, Andrew, (1705-1768,)
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