(BIRDS) Zinanni Giuseppe Delle Uova e dei Nidi Delgi Uccelli

Sale 2450 - Lot 284

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Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000

(BIRDS.) Zinanni, Giuseppe. Delle Uova e dei Nidi Delgi Uccelli. Engraved allegorical frontispiece, 30 engraved plates (22 of bird eggs, 8 of grasshoppers), divided with 3 engraved sectional titles, [x], 130, [ii], 55, [i]. 4to, 10 3/4x8 inches, original vellum with gilt spine title, stained but sound; A3 and A4 misbound, contents stained. Venice: Antonio Bortoli, 1737

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"The first work dealing exclusively with birds' eggs and birds' nests" (page 22). Anker 161.