138 BOOKS ON FALCONRY. 



The falcons mentioned by Bninetto Latini are — (i) las laniers j 

 (2) les faucons que on apele pelerins parce que nus ne trueve 

 son nif ains est pris aussi cousine en pelerinage ; (3) les faucons 

 montains ; (4) les faucons gentils ou gruiers qui vaut mieux que 

 li autre ; (5) les girfalcs ; (6) les sourpoins [sur poing] blanche, 

 et semblables au girfaut ; (7) les brectons, que li plusor apelent 

 rodio, cest k dire li rois et li sires de touz autres oisiaus. 



This curious work has likewise been edited by M. Chabaille 

 for the Collezione di opere inedite rare dal secolo xiii. al xvii. 

 Bologna, 1878, with illustrations by L. Gaiter. 



For some account of the author see Sundby, " Delia vita e 

 deir opere di Brunetto Latini," 1884, and Ortolan (J. L. E.) 

 " Etude sur Brunetto Latini apprdci^ comme le maitre de Dante," 

 Paris, 1873. 



264. CRESCENTIO (Pietro de, Cittadino di Bo- 

 logna). Il Libro della Agricoltura. Firenze. 

 1478. folio. 



The first Italian translation of a work originally composed in 

 Latin, in 1307, at the desire of Charles IL, King of Sicily, and 

 translated into French in 1373 at the request of Charles V. 

 of France. It resembles in its plan the Maison Rustique of 

 Estienne and Liebault (No. 148), and deals with agriculture 

 and field sports, the ninth book containing a chapter on Falconry. 



For the Latin editions see under Latin authors. The Italian 

 editions, besides that above cited (which is the earliest and rarest), 

 are as follow : — Vicenza, 1490, folio ; Venezia, 1511, 1534, 1536, 

 1538, 1542, all in folio; Venezia, tradotta nuovamente con le 

 figure deir erbe e degli animale, e un Vocabolario delle cose 

 difficili per Francesco Sansovino, 1561, 4to ; Venezia, per F. 

 Rampazetti, 1564, 8vo ; Firenze, appresso Cosimo Giunti, 1605, 

 4to; Napoli, per Felice Mosca, 1724, 8vo ; Bologna, 1784; 

 Milano, 1805, 8vo ; and probably others. 



According to Lastri, the author of the first translation was not, 

 like the composer, a native of Bologna, as is generally asserted, 

 but a Tuscan. " Quanto al suo primo traduttore b affatto incerto ; 

 pare solamente che si posse affermare ch' ei fosse Toscano, non 

 Bolognese come alcuni anno preteso " (" Bibliotheca Georgica," 

 p. 40). 



