OLINA, Giovanni Pietro. Uccelliera overo discorso della natura e proprieta di diversi uccelli . Rome: Andrea Fei, 1622. 4° in 8s (239 x 173mm.). Engraved vignette on title, 66 full-page engraved illustrations by Antonio Tempesta and Francesco Villamena (Slightly browned, waterstain in upper margin of a few leaves towards end.) 19th-century Italian sheep, blocked in blind, green and red lettering pieces (slightly rubbed). Provenance : Baron de Lassus (bookplate); Theodore Besterman (bookplate). FIRST EDITION of this work on birds and bird-catching. Souhart 355-356; Schwerdt II-p.48-49; Nissen IVB 693.
OLINA, Giovanni Pietro. Uccelliera overo discorso della natura e proprieta di diversi uccelli . Rome: Andrea Fei, 1622. 4° in 8s (239 x 173mm.). Engraved vignette on title, 66 full-page engraved illustrations by Antonio Tempesta and Francesco Villamena (Slightly browned, waterstain in upper margin of a few leaves towards end.) 19th-century Italian sheep, blocked in blind, green and red lettering pieces (slightly rubbed). Provenance : Baron de Lassus (bookplate); Theodore Besterman (bookplate). FIRST EDITION of this work on birds and bird-catching. Souhart 355-356; Schwerdt II-p.48-49; Nissen IVB 693.
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