Facsimile - Frederick II of Hohenstaufen. De arte venandi cum avibus. Ms. Pal. Lat. 1071, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. Volume XXX. Facsimile and commentary volume by C. A. Willemsen in 2 volumes. With 111 color facsimile leaves and 11 plates. Graz, Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1969. 65 pp. 36.5 x 25.5 cm. Original suede binding with cover label (facsimile) and original half suede binding with cover title in original half suede case with spine label (slightly rubbed). Codices selecti, volume XVI - One of 1000 copies. - Created around 1260 in southern Italy. - With more than 500 bird pictures of about 80 bird species and 160 detailed pictures of falconry.

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