[CACCIA] - FRACASTORO, Girolamo (1478-1553) - L'Alcone ossia Del governo dei cani da caccia. Rome: s.n., 1791.   A very difficult Italian edition to find on the market of a treatise that was widely successful and was reprinted many times, the first Latin edition of which dates back to 1577. The interesting work focuses on the government of hunting dogs in the fictitious dialogue in verse between the old man Master Alcone and his pupil Acasti on the various breeds of hunting dogs, their diseases and the methods to heal them.   8vo (215 x 145mm). Woodcut vignette on title with a scene of hunting dogs, woodcut initials and devices (first gatherings on modern guards, browning, waterstains especially in the first part). 20th-century half vellum, title on spine, antique marbled edges. Provenance: illegible private bookstamp on final leaf.

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