Scarce book on hawking
Lo strucciero [...]. Dove si discorre del modo di conoscere, allevare, e ridurre gli uccelli rapaci all'uso della caccia, e di come si curino li loro mali.
(Venice, Minerva, 1646).
Small 8vo (107 x 155 mm). "207" (but: 205), (1) pp. (without final blank). Some woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Contemporary limp vellum.
€ 6.500,00
The first edition of "a scarce book on hawking" (Schwerdt). The author asserts that the falcon came originally from Babylonia and that Dancus, king of that country, was the first to recognise its nature. "Rara ... una delle cose classiche della falconeria italiana" (Ceresoli).
Occasional light foxing. A few mispaginations corrected in pencil; old provenance mark from Christie's (15 Dec. 1982) pencilled to lower pastedown.
Literatur
Harting 282. Schwerdt I, 195. Souhart 266. Ceresoli 261.
