Elenco degli uccelli che trovansi nell'Isola di Sardegna od Ornitologia Sarda
Features
Author: Gaetano Cara
Publisher: Fratelli Reycend e C.
Place of printing: Turin
Year of publication: 1842
Product Condition:
Coeval binding in half leather and marbled plates with gold title and friezes on the spine: lack on the upper part of the spine, peeling on the spine and on the hinges. Traces of dust on the plates, slight peeling on the edges and corners. Cuts sprayed with traces of dust. Well preserved papers with rare foxing; the first (frontispiece) and the last page are slightly browned.
Pages: XII,207,(3)
Format: In sixteenth
Dimensions (cm):
Height: 20
Width: 13
Description
Rare work of ornithology compiled by Gaetano Cara,"in charge of the direction of the Royal Museum of Natural History and Antiquities of the University of Cagliari", as indicated on the title page, after 15 years of field study: the birds, both sedentary and passing by, they are cataloged and described with their physical characteristics, habits, places of rest. On the title page woodcut vignette with a hunting scene.
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