Vida (Marco Girolamo) & Tristram (Thomas, editor), Marci Hie...

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Vida (Marco Girolamo) & Tristram (Thomas, editor), Marci Hieronymi Vidæ, Cremonensis, Albæ Episcopi, Poematum, Quæ haud plane disjunxit a Fabula, Pars Prima, Continens De Arte Poetica, Libros Tres Bucolica, et Epistolam [...], first edition printed in England, Oxonii: e Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1723, title-page printed in red and black, portrait frontispiece engraved by George Vertue FSA (1684-1756), engraved headers and historiated initials, later 18th century vellum, lettering piece, marbled edges, marbled endpapers, 8vo, [1]

Provenance: 1) The Reverend Francis Duncan, 'E Libris Francisci Duncan M.A., Trin: Coll: Cant', slightly later ink MS ownership inscription to flyleaf; 2) the Reverend William Lucas Chafy, M.A., 'This book is presented to Mr. Chafy by the Rev. F. Duncan/the latter having heard that the former is some what of a classical scholar, ink MS presentation inscription to flyleaf and his early 19th century plain armorial bookplate to recto pastedown.