Pedro Damiano da Odemira | Le plaisant jeu des eschecz renouvelle, Paris, 1560, [bound with] Xenophon, Le Mesnagier, 1562, contemporary limp vellum gilt

2 volumes bound in one, comprising:

(i) Pedro Damiano da Odemira. Le plaisant jeu des eschecz renouvelle. Paris: Vincent Sertenas, 1560. Collation: A–E⁸ F⁶: 46 leaves (only, of 48: lacking terminal blanks F7–8), roman type, 26 lines plus headline, publisher's device on title repeated on verso of final leaf, 46 woodcut diagrams, woodcut initials and ornaments

[bound after:]

(ii) Xenophon. Le mesnagier. Paris: Vincent Sertenas, 1562. A–K⁸ L⁴: 84 leaves, roman type, 29 lines plus headline, publisher's device on title, woodcut initials and ornaments

Small 8vo (167 x 100 mm), ruled in red throughout, contemporary limp vellum gilt, vellum endleaves reusing a medieval manuscript, gilt edges, some old inkstaining at margins of textblock and covers, 1cm loss to corner of upper cover

Extremely rare first edition of Claude Gruget's translation of Damiano de Odemira, bound with first edition of François de Ferris's French translation of Xenophon.

LITERATURE:

(i) USTC 29817; (ii) USTC 38619