Apr 20, 2006 - Sale 2075

Sale 2075 - Lot 13

Price Realized: $ 978
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
CARCANO, FRANCESCO, called SFORZINO. Dell'Arte del Strucciero con il Modo di conoscere, e medicare Falconi, Astori, e Sparavieri, e tutti gli Uccelli di Rapina. Woodcut title vignette; 2 full-page and 5 text illustrations. 82, [2] pages. 12mo, 18th-century paste-paper wrappers, worn, with small shelf label on front cover; occasional soiling, scattered marginal stains; cloth slipcase. Brescia: Pietro Maria Marchetti, 1607

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Scarce tract on the care of falcons, hawks, and birds of prey. Schwerdt I, 94; OCLC locates only the McGill and Oxford copies; this edition not in RLIN.