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Caccia - Raimondi, Eugenio

Of the Hunts summarized by Doctor Francesco Bardi, 1675

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Information

Venice, Giovanni Battista Catani, 1675. In 4th oblong, 12 full-page plates engraved in copper by F. Valeggio, browning, weakened paper, small marginal tears, contemporary binding in loose cardboard. Ex libris on the counterplate of the Solomon Library in Nicosia.

Specialist Notes

The first book is about dogs and of the horse, its diseases and therapies; the second, of the hunts of deer, wild boar, fox, wolf, bear, elephant, lion, tiger, lionhorn, leopard, camel and dromedary; the third book deals with the hunting of swans, peacocks, pheasants, quails, hawfinch, blackbirds, owls and birds in general; the fourth deals with fish.


Schwerdt II, p. 123: "One of the most noted Italian books on hunting".