FLAMEN, Alberto
Curiosa raccolta di varie e diversi ucelli
[1650] 12mo. n.p. 100 pl.

From An introduction to the literature of vertebrate zoology*: “Not only ‘curious tales about birds’ but altogether a curious and interesting little album of 100 copper-plates, with no text except the legends in Italian furnishing the vulgar names of the subjects. A very rare ornithologic item, not listed in the [British Museum Catalogue (Natural History)].”

This rare item is available to explore online or in person in the reading room.

* An introduction to the literature of vertebrate zoology : based chiefly on the titles in the Blacker Library of Zoology, the Emma Shearer Wood Library of Ornithology, the Bibliotheca Osleriana and other libraries of McGill University, Montreal / Compiled and edited by Casey A. Wood. London : Oxford University Press, 1931.