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Friday 15 December 2023, 11:00 AM • Rome

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Olina, Giovan Pietro

Aviary or discussion of the nature and properties of different birds and in particular of those that sing with the way of catching them, knowing them, breeding them, and maintaining them. And with the figures taken from life and diligently carved in copper by Tempesta and Villamena., 1622

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In Rome, After Andrea Fei, 1622. 4th, coat of arms of the knight Cassiano Dal Pozzo, to whom the work is dedicated, engraved on copper on the frontispiece, 6 cc. nn.; 67 cc. number; then the numbering continues per page from 68 to 81; 6 cc. nn., skilled restorations in various papers, burnishing small woodworm holes. Eighteenth-century binding in full parchment, gold title and friezes on the spine, colored cuts. Original edition.