Lot 141
Hunting dogs.- Fracastoro (Girolamo) L'Alcone ossia del Governo dei Cani da Caccia, second Italian edition, Rome, con licenza de'Superiori, 1791.
Hammer Price: £150
Description
Hunting dogs.- Fracastoro (Girolamo) L'Alcone ossia del Governo dei Cani da Caccia, second Italian edition, Alfred Barmore Maclay and Bibliotheca Tiliana bookplates, contemporary calf, gilt spine with red morocco label, repair to foot of spine, [Souhart p.193], 8vo, Rome, con licenza de'Superiori, 1791.
⁂ Rare edition; we can trace only 1 record at auction and Library Hub records only 1 institutional copy, held by the National Library of Wales.
The work explores breeds of hunting dogs, their illnesses, and healing methods in the form of a fictitious dialogue between Alcon, the old scholar, and his pupil, Acasti. It is translated by S. Spiritis. The first Latin edition appeared in 1557.
Description
Hunting dogs.- Fracastoro (Girolamo) L'Alcone ossia del Governo dei Cani da Caccia, second Italian edition, Alfred Barmore Maclay and Bibliotheca Tiliana bookplates, contemporary calf, gilt spine with red morocco label, repair to foot of spine, [Souhart p.193], 8vo, Rome, con licenza de'Superiori, 1791.
⁂ Rare edition; we can trace only 1 record at auction and Library Hub records only 1 institutional copy, held by the National Library of Wales.
The work explores breeds of hunting dogs, their illnesses, and healing methods in the form of a fictitious dialogue between Alcon, the old scholar, and his pupil, Acasti. It is translated by S. Spiritis. The first Latin edition appeared in 1557.
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