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Gratius (Faliscus). De venatione liber I. (and other works). Lugduni (Lyon), S. Gryphius, 1537. Woodcut printer's mark on title and a different one at the end. 107 pp., 1 blank lf., 1 lf.8vo. Modern boards with label. (# 1413)

Baudrier VIII, 105. Thiébaud 745 (under Poètes latins). Souhart 381 (under Poètes latins). Charmingly executed edition of this collection of Latin hunting poems from the time of Augustus to the beginning of the 16th century. The other treatises included are: Ovidii Nasonis Halieuticôn liber acephalus; M. Aurelii Olympii Nemesiani Cynegeticôn Lib. I; Eiusdem carmen bucolicum; T. Calphurnii Siculi Bucolica; Adriani Cardinalis venatio, the latter describing a hunting trip by cardinal Adriano Castellesi. - Two minor folds in lower blank margin of title, but a very good attractive copy.

Thou, J.A. de. Il falconiere ... dall' esametro Latino all' endecasillabo Italiano trasferito, ed interpretato. Coll' uccellatura a vischio di Pietro Angelio Bargeo ... poemetto pur Latino, similmente tradotto, e commentato. Ozii, e ameni studii di G.P. Bergantini. Venezia, G. Albrizzi, 1735. With engraved frontispiece and 4 very fine and large engravings in the text showing hunting scenes by G. Filosi, engraved portrait of the dedicatee Fr. de Beauvau by Roccus Pozzi after Ant. David, vignette by Cattini on general title, view of Venice by F. Zucchi on sectional title, and 4 remarkable tail-pieces. Latin text and Italian translation in parallel columns. 2 parts in 1 vol. 19 lvs., 223 pp.; 50 pp., 9 lvs. Small folio. Contemporary half vellum, uncut (new end-papers). (# 1653)

Thiébaud 898. Harting, Bibl. Accipitraria No. 284. Souhart 461-462: "Assez belle édition". Finely executed first and best Italian edition of J.A. De Thou's famous poem on falconry 'Hieracosophioy, sive de re accipitraria' (first published in Bordeaux 1582) and P. Angelio's hunting poem 'De aucupio' (first published in Florence 1566). The present edition with the text in Latin and Italian verses contains the delicate and attractive engravings by the Venetian artist Giuseppe Filosi. Wood 603: "This rather scarce treatise is divided into three distinct sections. The first is ... dealing with falconry in general; the second part ... describes a method of catching birds by means of birdlime (still widely used in Italy) and, third, leisure-hours studies by G.P. Bergantini". Appended to the poem of De Thou are some notes by the translator showing the division of all hawks used by falconers into two classes, followed by a bibliographical note and the Latin-Italian version of a hunting poem by D.M. Ausonius (c. A.D 395). - Slight marginal waterstain at the beginning; small piece of inner blank margin neatly repaired; good copy.