Lot 169
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THOU, Jacques-Auguste de. Il falconiere. - Pietro Angelio BARGEO. L'uccellatura a vischio. Venice: Giambatista Albrizzi, 1735. 2 works as issued in one volume, 4° (275 x 200mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved vignettes on titles, four large head-pieces depicting hunting scenes by Filosi and engraved tail-pieces. (Lacking engraved portrait, small stain to C4 and marginal repair to K1, occasional light spotting). Red morocco gilt by Brugalla, slipcase (extremities of slipcase lightly rubbed).
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THOU, Jacques-Auguste de. Il falconiere. - Pietro Angelio BARGEO. L'uccellatura a vischio. Venice: Giambatista Albrizzi, 1735. 2 works as issued in one volume, 4° (275 x 200mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved vignettes on titles, four large head-pieces depicting hunting scenes by Filosi and engraved tail-pieces. (Lacking engraved portrait, small stain to C4 and marginal repair to K1, occasional light spotting). Red morocco gilt by Brugalla, slipcase (extremities of slipcase lightly rubbed).

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THOU, Jacques-Auguste de. Il falconiere. - Pietro Angelio BARGEO. L'uccellatura a vischio. Venice: Giambatista Albrizzi, 1735. 2 works as issued in one volume, 4° (275 x 200mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved vignettes on titles, four large head-pieces depicting hunting scenes by Filosi and engraved tail-pieces. (Lacking engraved portrait, small stain to C4 and marginal repair to K1, occasional light spotting). Red morocco gilt by Brugalla, slipcase (extremities of slipcase lightly rubbed).

FIRST AND BEST ITALIAN EDITION of de Thou’s famous Latin poem on hawking with an Italian translation. Harting 284; Morazzoni p. 258; Schwerdt II, p. 261; Thiébaud 898: 'belle édition'.
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