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Uccelliera overo discorso della natura, e proprieta di diversi uccelli
Etched by: Antonio Tempesta (Italian, 1555–1630)
Etched by: Francesco Villamena (Italian, 1566–1624)
After: Vincenzo Leonardi (Italian, 17th century)
Author: Giovanni Pietro Olina (Italian, 1587–1645)
Author: Cassiano Dal Pozzo (Italian, 1588–1657)
Printer: Andrea Fei (Italian, 17th century)
Etched by: Francesco Villamena (Italian, 1566–1624)
After: Vincenzo Leonardi (Italian, 17th century)
Author: Giovanni Pietro Olina (Italian, 1587–1645)
Author: Cassiano Dal Pozzo (Italian, 1588–1657)
Printer: Andrea Fei (Italian, 17th century)
1622
Place of Publication: Rome, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 67 etchings
Dimensions
Overall: 24.8 x 17.5 x 1.9 cm (9 3/4 x 6 7/8 x 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Philip Hofer
Accession Number45.234
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Rome: Andrea Fei, 1622
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet IV, 180; Bartsch, vol. 17, pp. 162-63; Illustrated Bartsch, vol. 36
Description(Rome: Andrea Fei, 1622) Octavo; 92 leaves; half mottled brown calf (gilt-stamped red label), decorated paper boards (rust cloth box).
Illustrations of different species of birds, with methods of trapping and hunting them, training birds to sing, etc. First edition as such, although heavily dependent (even to the reuse of several illustrations) on Antonio Valli (da Todi), Il canto degl'augelli (Rome: 1601). Olina was the housemaster to the famous art collector and naturalist Cassiano dal Pozzo (who in effect was the author of the new text), and the book was presented on the occasion of Cassiano's election to the Accademia dei Lincei. Some of the new plates of birds were taken from drawings (probably by Leonardi) commissioned by Cassiano for his "Paper Museum." The bibliography of this title (reprinted in 1684) is extremely complex; see Becker in Reed and Wallace for an overview. Two illustrations are notable for the attempt to depict nighttime scenes.
Illustrations of different species of birds, with methods of trapping and hunting them, training birds to sing, etc. First edition as such, although heavily dependent (even to the reuse of several illustrations) on Antonio Valli (da Todi), Il canto degl'augelli (Rome: 1601). Olina was the housemaster to the famous art collector and naturalist Cassiano dal Pozzo (who in effect was the author of the new text), and the book was presented on the occasion of Cassiano's election to the Accademia dei Lincei. Some of the new plates of birds were taken from drawings (probably by Leonardi) commissioned by Cassiano for his "Paper Museum." The bibliography of this title (reprinted in 1684) is extremely complex; see Becker in Reed and Wallace for an overview. Two illustrations are notable for the attempt to depict nighttime scenes.
ProvenanceOld ownership inscriptions and stamp on title, one of Bartolomeo Vagnucci, one other effaced, the monogram perhaps BV [Vagnucci?]; Frances (Mrs. Philip) Hofer, by whom given to MFA, April 12, 1945.