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Pasta for nightingales : a 17th-century handbook of bird-care and folklore
Title:
Pasta for nightingales : a 17th-century handbook of bird-care and folklore
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Summary:
"Cassiano dal Pozzo, (1588-1657) now celebrated as one of the most important art patrons in Italy of the seventeenth century, commissioned a number of exquisite studies of birds as part of his famous "Paper Museum." In 1622 the lawyer and ornithologist Giovanni Pietro Olina used these drawings, which are now kept in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, as the basis for the illustrations in his Uccelliera. Pasta for Nightingales combines Cassiano's original artwork with selections from the first modern translation of Olina's text. It includes such enchanting insights as the idea that robins suffered from dizziness and that the hoopoe overindulged in grapes until it became "dazed and halfdrunk." However, it also includes much fascinating early natural history and ornithological observation--as well as the secret recipe for pasta to keep your nightingale happy and encourage it to sing. A historic and delightful gift book, which is bound to appeal to every bird-lover."--Dust jacket.
Other Title:
Pasta for nightingales : a seventeenth-century handbook of bird-care and folklore.
Year Published:
2018
Physical Description:
ix, 133 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm.
Note:
Partial translation of: Uccelliera, ovvero discorso della natura e propriet©¿ di diversi uccelli. 1622.

"Translation from the original Italian by Kate Clayton in association with First Edition Cambridge, UK. Edited by Sarah Kane"--Colophon.

Simultaneously published: London : Royal Collection Trust.
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ISBN:
9780300232882
Publisher:
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2018.

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