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BELON, PIERRE. 1517–1564.:L\’histoire de la nature des oyseaux, avec leurs descriptions, naifs portraicts retirez du naturel. Paris: Guillaume Cavellat, 1555.
Folio (320 x 218 mm). 7 parts in one volume. Woodcut printer\’s device on title and six sectional titles, woodcut portrait of Belon on title verso, two woodcuts of human and bird skeletons and 158 large woodcuts in text of birds by Pierre Gourdelle and others, numerous 11-line and smaller ornamental woodcut initials and head-pieces. Mid-18th-century vellum (endpapers watermarked 1742). Two leaves (l1 and g5) with repaired tears crossing text, some minor staining.
FIRST EDITION (Cavellat issue). One of the most important ornithological works of the Renaissance illustrated with beautiful woodcuts drawn from observation of live specimens. Belon, \”one of the founders of the renewed studies of birds … mentions about two hundred different birds, mainly European, but some foreign. He made many original observations … [also treating] anatomical and morphological conditions\” (Anker), whilst also drawing upon earlier writers such as Aristotle and Pliny. Schwerdt notes that the second part \”is interesting to falconers,\” the fine woodcut illustrations including a depiction of a falconer luring a bird, and several of owls, \”including the eagle owl, much used in hawking.\” Anker pp 9-10; BM/STC French p 46; Garrison-Morton-Norman 283 (Cavellat issue); Harvard/Mortimer French 50; Nissen IVB 86; Norman 180.
贝隆，皮埃尔。1517–1564. 奥赛奥克斯的自然历史，连同他们的描述和侏儒肖像画从自然中移除。巴黎：纪尧姆·卡韦拉特，1555年。
