Treatise on falconry

Description

Title: Treatise on falconry
Creator: Balzani, Guglielmo
Published / Created: 1616.
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of Guglielmo Balzani, of Casale Monferrato, Treatise on Falconry
Description: The 8th Marchese of Monferrato mentioned in the prologue is presumably Guglielmo (1550-1587).
In Italian.
Watermarks: unidentified crossbow in circle, with countermark "B A B".
Script: Written by 2 hands in 17th-century cursive: Scribe 1) ff. 1r-177r; Scribe 2) ff. 177v-208r.
Binding: Eighteenth century. Spattered brown calf, blind-tooled. Edges spattered blue/green and red. Rebacked.
Provenance: Library of David Wagstaff; given to Yale in 1944 by Mrs. David Wagstaff.
Extent: ff. i + 219 + i : 194 x 144 (172 x 112) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Genre: Early works to 1800
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Balzani, Guglielmo.
Subject (Topic): Falconry
Italian literature
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Balzani, Guglielmo
Falconry > Early works to 1800
Italian literature > 16th century
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Guglielmo Balzani, Treatise on Falconry. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.