Patrimonio Ediciones, 1999.
Euro 2,400.
OMI - Old Manuscripts & Incunabula
PO Box 6019 FDR Station New York, NY 10150
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Tratado de Caza (Treatise on Hunting) Deluxe Facsimile Edition Venice, Bibliotheca Nazionale Marciana, gr.Z.479 |
| A didactic
poem about the techniques
of hunting with hounds, written in the 3rd century for the Roman
Emperor Caracalla by Oppiano of Apamea in Syria. It contains the
most extensive illustrative scheme of the late Macedonian age. The
parchment manuscript, written in Greek minuscule and dating from 11th
c. Contantinople, was once owned by the Emperors Basil II and Napoleon.
It has 150 pages measuring 19 x 23.5 cm and contains 157 fine
miniatures in Byzantine style. Limited edition of 999 copies. Leather
boards in the style of the
original. Patrimonio Ediciones, 1999. Euro 2,400.
OMI - Old Manuscripts & Incunabula PO Box 6019 FDR Station New York, NY 10150 tel 212/ 758-1946 fax 593-6186 immels@earthlink.net http://www.omifacsimiles.com |