Birds.- Olina (Giovanni Pietro) Uccelliera Overo Discorso della Natura, e Proprieta di Diversi Uccelli, conoscergli, alleuargli, e mantenergli, first edition, title with engraved arms, 66 full-page engraved illustrations by Tempesta and Villamena, woodcut initials & tail-pieces, a little browned, a few stains, A7 lacking small portion from inner margin, E4 with small paper flaw holes at head just touching head-line, engraved bookplate of Thomas Philip Earl de Grey of Wrest Park, 18th century diced russia, rebacked, rubbed, corners worn, [Anker 380; Harting 278; Nissen IVB 693; Schwerdt II, p.48], 4to, Rome, Andrea Fei, 1622. ⁂ "One of the earliest works with engraved plates representing birds" (Anker). The work is mainly concerned with the habits, trapping and management of songbirds, including the making of pasta to feed nightingales and use of musicians to encourage their singing, but there are also descriptions and plates of hawking.
Birds.- Olina (Giovanni Pietro) Uccelliera Overo Discorso della Natura, e Proprieta di Diversi Uccelli, conoscergli, alleuargli, e mantenergli, first edition, title with engraved arms, 66 full-page engraved illustrations by Tempesta and Villamena, woodcut initials & tail-pieces, a little browned, a few stains, A7 lacking small portion from inner margin, E4 with small paper flaw holes at head just touching head-line, engraved bookplate of Thomas Philip Earl de Grey of Wrest Park, 18th century diced russia, rebacked, rubbed, corners worn, [Anker 380; Harting 278; Nissen IVB 693; Schwerdt II, p.48], 4to, Rome, Andrea Fei, 1622. ⁂ "One of the earliest works with engraved plates representing birds" (Anker). The work is mainly concerned with the habits, trapping and management of songbirds, including the making of pasta to feed nightingales and use of musicians to encourage their singing, but there are also descriptions and plates of hawking.
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