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Uccelliera overo discorso della natura, e proprieta di diversi uccelli
Etched by: Antonio Tempesta (Italian, 1555–1630)
Etched by: Francesco Villamena (Italian, 1566–1624)
After: Vincenzo Leonardi (Italian, 17th century)
Author: Giovanni Pietro Olina (Italian, 1587–1645)
Author: Cassiano Dal Pozzo (Italian, 1588–1657)
Printer: Andrea Fei (Italian, 17th century)
Etched by: Francesco Villamena (Italian, 1566–1624)
After: Vincenzo Leonardi (Italian, 17th century)
Author: Giovanni Pietro Olina (Italian, 1587–1645)
Author: Cassiano Dal Pozzo (Italian, 1588–1657)
Printer: Andrea Fei (Italian, 17th century)
1622
Place of Publication: Rome, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 67 etchings
Dimensions
Overall: 24.8 x 17.5 x 1.9 cm (9 3/4 x 6 7/8 x 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Philip Hofer
Accession Number45.234
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Rome: Andrea Fei, 1622
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet IV, 180; Bartsch, vol. 17, pp. 162-63; Illustrated Bartsch, vol. 36
Description(Rome: Andrea Fei, 1622) Octavo; 92 leaves; half mottled brown calf (gilt-stamped red label), decorated paper boards (rust cloth box).
Illustrations of different species of birds, with methods of trapping and hunting them, training birds to sing, etc.
Illustrations of different species of birds, with methods of trapping and hunting them, training birds to sing, etc.
ProvenanceOld ownership inscriptions and stamp on title, one of Bartolomeo Vagnucci, one other effaced, the monogram perhaps BV [Vagnucci?]; Frances (Mrs. Philip) Hofer, by whom given to MFA, April 12, 1945.