Oppiano Cilice. - La Caccia e la Pesca - 1835

Oppiano Cilice. The Cinegenetics and the Alieutica, or Hunting and Fishing. Naples, Flautina Printing, 1835. A beautiful edition of the classic work on hunting and fishing by the famous ancient Greek poet. Translation of the Alieutica poems on Fishing in five books and the Cinegenetica on Hunting in four cantos by Urbano Lampredi. Description of the ideal hunter, his equipment, and the hunting dogs. The hunting of various animals: deer, antelope, gazelle, elephant, rhinoceros, panther, lion, leopard, lynx, bear. The ideal fisherman, his equipment and fishing techniques: live baits, water poisoning. The fishing of mollusks, tunas, oysters, electric rays, crabs, and sponge divers. Translator’s notes at the end of each canto. Finally, a small dictionary of Greek names of fishes. Beautiful half-leather binding. Gilt title on the spine. Dimensions 22x13, pp. XII, 263. Excellent condition.