Vccelliera, ouero, Discorso della natura, e proprieta di diuersi vccelli :
e in particolare di que' che cantano, con il modo di prendergli, conoscergli, alleuargli, e mantenergli : e con le figure cauate dal vero, e diligentem[en]te intagliate in rame dal Tempesta, e dal Villamena /
opera di Gio. Pietro Olina ...

Description

Main Author

Olina, Giovanni Pietro, active 1622.

Related Names

Rossi, Michel' Angelo de, 17th cent.
Valli, Antonio.
Leonardi, Vincenzo, 1590-ca. 1648.
Villamena, Francesco, approximately 1566-1624.
Tempesta, Antonio, 1555-1630.
Dal Pozzo, Cassiano, 1588-1657.

Language(s)

Italian

Published

In Roma : Appresso M. Angelo de Rossi, 1684.

Subjects

Aviculture > Aviculture / Early works to 1800.
Bird trapping > Bird trapping / Italy > Bird trapping / Italy / Early works to 1800.
Captive wild birds > Captive wild birds / Italy > Captive wild birds / Italy / Early works to 1800.
Engravings > Engravings / Italy > Engravings / Italy / 17th century.
Etchings > Etchings / Italy > Etchings / Italy / 17th century.

Note

Includes index.
Signatures: [A]⁴(-A1) B-T⁴ V² 2A⁴ 2B².
Etched t.p. Woodcut tail-pieces, initials.
Previously published Rome, 1622, by Andrea Fei. Written by Olina in collaboration with Cassiano dal Pozzo, to whom it is dedicated. Based on Antonio Valli's Canto degl' augelli (1601) with ill. by Giovanni Maggi; see introd. to facsim. reprint of 1st ed. (Firenze, 2000). Some of Maggi's ill. retained in present work, in addition to those by Tempesta, Villamena, and Vincenzo Leonardi (signature on 63v). Ill. on leaf 25v signed with monogram DH(?).

Physical Description

[5], 60 leaves, 61-62 p., 63-68 leaves, 69-77, [13] p. (the last blank) : ill. ; 28 cm. (4to)

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