[50], 403, [13] pp. ([alpha-gamma]8, a-z8, A-C8. 15.5x9.5 cm (6¼x3¼"). later brown morocco.
Marco Girolamo Vida or Marcus Hieronymus Vida (1485?-1566) was an Italian humanist, bishop and poet. This is the first collected edition of his poetry to include his major work, the Latin epic poem Christiados libri sex, in the style and much of the language of Virgil. There is extensive old ink marginalia to the Christiados, some of which was slightly shaved when rebound.
The title continues: ...nempe, Christiados, hoc est, de Christi vita, gestis, ac morte, Libri VI ; De poetica, Lib. III ; De bombycvm cura, ac usu, Lib. II ; De scacchorvm ludo, Lib. I. Item, Eiusdem Hymni, Odae, Bvcolica, una cum alijs. Accesserunt in haec singula singuli Rerum ac uerborum memorabilium Indices, summa diligentia & fide collecti, ac in studiosorum quoq[ue] gratiam superioribus additi.