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Vccelliera, ouero, Discorso della natura, e proprieta di diuersi vccelli : e in particolare di que' che cantano, con il modo di prendergli, conoscergli, alleuargli, e mantenergli : e con le figure cauate dal vero, e diligentem[en]te intagliate in rame dal Tempesta, e dal Villamena

Olina, Giovanni Pietro, active 1622, Dal Pozzo, Cassiano, 1588-1657, Tempesta, Antonio, 1555-1630, Villamena, Francesco, approximately 1566-1624, Leonardi, Vincenzo, 1590-ca. 1648, Valli, Antonio. Canto degl' augelli, Rossi, Michel' Angelo de, 17th cent · 1684 · In Roma : Appresso M. Angelo de Rossi · 48 pictures

Vccelliera, published in Rome in 1684 by Giovanni Pietro Olina, is a treatise on songbirds covering their nature, trapping, identification, rearing and keeping, with plates engraved after Antonio Tempesta and Francesco Villamena. The pictures are precise engraved studies of single birds shown in profile on a branch or ground with minimal background, labelled with Italian names, offering a designer a clear model for naturalistic bird plates with restrained hatching and simple botanical staging.

Captive wild birds · Bird trapping · Aviculture

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