ITALIAN. 147 



272. MANZINI (Cesare). Ammaestramenti per 

 allevare pascere e curare gli Uccelli etc. Opera no- 

 vamente composta per Cesare Manzini, Romano. In 

 Milano, per Pacifico Pontio. 1575. i6mo. 



Brescia, 1607, i6mo. Milano, per Filippo Ghisolfi, ad instanza 

 di Gio. Battista Bidelli, 1645, i6mo. Bologna, per Costantino 

 Pisarri, 1726, i6mo. 



This little book relates solely to cage-birds, and is only men- 

 tioned here because it is usually bound up with the books on 

 Falconry by Francesco Carcano and Federico Giorgi, and might 

 be supposed to relate to that subject. 



273. VALVASONE (Erasmo di). La Caccia : 

 Poema del Signor Erasmo di Valvasone, con gli 

 argomenti a ciascun Canto del Sig. Gio. Domenico 

 degli Alessandri. In Bergamo, Ventura. 1591. sm. 

 8vo. 



La Caccia del 111. Sig. Erasmo di Valvasone. 

 Ricoretta e di molte stanze ampliata con le Annotationi 

 di M. Olimpio Marcucci. In Bergamo, Ventura. 

 1593. sm. 8vo. 



Other editions: Bergamo 1594, Venetia 1602, Bergamo 1603, 

 Venezia 161 1, 1612, and Milano 1808. 



This poem on the chase, extending to 125 leaves, exclusive of 

 the " Dedication " and "Annotations" by Marcucci, was very 

 popular in its day, and is still held in some esteem by collectors 

 of opera cynegetica. It is divided into five cantos dealing with 

 different branches of field sports, each preceded by a full-page 

 illustration on copper. The fifth canto relates to Falconry, in 

 which allusion is made to the different hawks used by falconers, 

 the methods of catching and training them, and the remedies 

 for their ailments. The annotations of Marcucci are chiefly 

 directed to an explanation of the classical allusions made by the 

 poet. 



