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ALTMAN, CHRISTOPHER |
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Ross Artzneij: so mit allem Vleis auffs aller kürtzest zusamenbracht
und
offt gar und vielmas probirt wörden sein/durch Christtofen Altman Huf Schmidt
und Burger die newen Stadt Prag. 1580.
[118 leaves (including 51 blank leaves)]. 16cm.
Cursive script in same hand throughout using iron gall ink with 236 numbered
Fraktur captions in ink. Pages have ruled lines on all sides. Bound in limp vellum
with color cord ties. Spine label is blue ball point pen on paper not contemporary
with original binding.
Provenance: “Ex libris Joannis Caroli DScherffenberg.…” |
| MS2 |
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APOLLARO, GIO |
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Incommincia Il libro di miniscalcheria, e capituli dell’infirmità de
cavalli/quale fú cavato da Mró gio: Apollaro mastro de stalla
del ré Carlo, il quale molto fú esperto nella presente arte,
secondo nel presente libro si descrive. 1559.
[1], 74 leaves, including 1 blank leaf, 23cm.
Cursive script in iron gall ink with most leaves written
on both sides all in the same hand. Remedies on leaves 73-74 added later? At
head of title: “In
Dei nomine. amen.” Colophon on 72: “Finisceno tutti li capitoli della
[precedente?] tabola scritto in umbró alli 21 xmbre 1559.” Limp
vellum binding and remnant of leather tie with front cover vellum flap. MS. slip
mounted inside back cover. |
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| MS3 |
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APPROBIRTER ROSS DOCTOR. [ca. 1700]. |
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419, [13] leaves, illus., 32cm.
419 leaves followed by 13 unnumbered blank leaves.
Leaf numbering discrepancies: leaf 255 and leaf 373 wanting; leaves 336-337
repeated. Three drawings of horse’s shoe on verso of leaf 25; recto
of leaf 26; and recto of leaf 32.
Cursive script in iron gall ink with 144 numbered chapters or remedies. Written
in same hand on both sides except leaf 419. Accompanied by two hand written sheets
containing remedies. Title from spine. Bound in full calf. Spine decoration,
six panels, five with gold tooling and one panel with paper title label with
title tooled in blind. Sewn on five raised cords, green/white sewn on end bands. |
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| MS4 |
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BILGER, JEAN |
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[Rossarznei]; Anhang einiger Rind-Viehes Artzneyen. [182_?].
108; [1], 10, [2], 11-22, [83]p., illus., 37 cm.
Cursive script in same hand throughout on blank ledger sheets in black ink with
remedy headings in Fraktur. Text followed with [83] pages of ledger entries in
French lettering practice, blank pages, etc. Rebound in half calf binding with
marbled paper boards. Original pastedowns adhered to new pastedowns with back
pastedown re-adhered upside down.
Provenance: Adam George in Liedersept (?). |
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| MS5 |
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A BOK OF MEDYSENS & DRYINGES FOR HORSES, BOLLICKES
BESYD MANY ODER FOR ODER KETTELL & HOGES. … [157_?]. |
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108p., 14cm.
Cursive script in iron gall ink with a few entries in other hands. Pages numbered
in pencil. Title on page 1. Pages 91-92 and 97-107 are blank. Binding is side-stitched
with vellum wrapper, front flap extends over fore edge onto back. |
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| MS6 |
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CAMBRESIS, JEAN |
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Livre des secrets pour les maladies des cheua[ls]: apartenant à Iean
Cambresis, marichal expert a Loueigne Comté de Logne, anno 1701.
[12], 276, [36]p., 21cm.
Cursive script in iron gall ink with red and black on title page and index. Written
in same hand throughout. Finger tabs for alphabetical index. Rebound in full
leather binding with raised bands. Blind tooled borders on front and back boards,
as well as inside covers. |
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| MS7 |
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[COGNIZIONE DE’ CAVALLI], [1806?] |
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[10], 337, [4]p., 26cm.
Printed script in black ink in same hand throughout.
Red ink used for chapter headings. Index included. Additional notes on
the four unnumbered pages following
page 337, as well as two slipped in notes. Title on spine in black ink: “Cognizione
de Cavalli Opera MS. 3.” Limp vellum style binding using heavy paper.
Textblock sewn on three twine supporters.
Provenance: Flaminio dalla Torre di Rezzonico, 1806. |
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| MS8 |
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[CURES AND RECIPES]. [c. 1763-1815].
[2], 36, [3] leaves, 21cm.
Cursive script in black ink in same hand throughout. While mostly devoted to
human ailments and household remedies, there are several cures for cows and cattle.
Rebound with paper cover glued on spine, not contemporary with text.
Provenance: Guilhelmi Corne. |
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| MS9 |
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DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. [1908-1910].
3 vols.
147; 96; 37; illus., 22cm.
Apparently a student’s notebook with the name W. H. Rozine on title page
of vol. 1. Cursive script in black and blue ink in same hand throughout. Lined
dated journal with many pages blank except for numbered pages. Vol. 1 is devoted
to lectures on, “Diseases of Horses and Cattle,” with an index. Vol.
2 is devoted to, “Anatomy by Dr. Fowler Ontario Veterinary College Toronto
Canada 1908-09,” with an index. Vol. 3 is devoted to animal dentistry. “Dr.
Limbil’s notes,” appears on page 1. Commercially produced bound journal. |
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| MS10 |
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FERRI, VINCENZIO |
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La Masceleia toscana/di Vincenzio Ferri, maestro di stalla della cauallerizza
del … G. D. Ferdinando II di Toscana. [Late 17th century?].
[2], 135, [10]p., 29cm.
Cursive script written in the same hand in iron gall ink. Index included. The
fore edges of pages 51-106 have been damaged by a pest (?) with minor textual
damage. Binding is long stitch on vellum; sewing supports with paper covers. |
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| MS11 |
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FILLIS, JAMES, 1834-1913 |
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Principles of training and of horsemanship. Edition revised, corrected
and considerably increased. Paris: E. Flamiron [sic], 1892.
718, 2p., 33cm.
Imprint apparently taken from the French original. Translation
of Principes de
dressage et d’equitation (Paris: E. Flammiron, 1892). A different translation
has been published under title, Breaking and riding with military commentaries
(London: Hurst and Blackett, 1902). Cursive script in same hand throughout in
black writing ink fading to brown. Commercially bound blank journal.
Provenance: Gurdon A. and Virginia Dimoc, Kalamazoo Public Library. |
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| MS12 |
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GRISONE, FEDERICO |
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Des edlen hochberümbten rittermässigen Manns Friderici Grisoni
Neopoltanius beschreibung rütterlichen tugennt der Reutterey wahre
gerechte ordnungen vnd lehren die Pferdt gerecht inn alle geradigkeit zum
Ernnst vnnd Kurtzweill geschickt vnnd volkhomben zumachen durch Josephen
Höchstettern uffs ainfelttigest verteutscht…. ca. 1560.
[11], 93 leaves, illus., 34cm.
Written in cursive script by same hand throughout in iron gall ink. Includes
index or table of contents. Ink drawings on recto of leaf 41 and verso of leaf
64. Translation of Ordini di Cavalcare. Naples, 1550.
Bound in full calf with numerous gold tooled borders. Five raised bands on spine.
Boards show evidence of ties no longer present. Edges to textblock have been
gilded and tooled, but pattern hard to discern as a result of rebinding.
Provenance: Bookplate of Alfred Barmore Maclay laid in. |
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| MS13 |
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THE HORSE [1843?] |
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86, [48] leaves, illus., 19cm.
Cursive script in same hand throughout in black writing
ink. 45 numbered colored anatomical illustrations of the horse with number
four omitted. Text and illustrations
on recto only of leaves 1-86. Additional text written in badly faded pencil
and one illustration on leaves [87-93]. Rebound in quarter leather with linen
boards. Original marbled paper front and end covers are preserved with bookseller’s
label of H. Gosbell, Stationer, Bookseller, and Paper Hanger, 116 High Holborn.
Provenance: Rich Rame [?] Veterinary College, Camden Town. |
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| MS14 |
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ISE, SADATAKE, 1717-1784 |
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Shoan nikki kôshô. [1775].
[14], [29] leaves, illus., 28cm.
Written at Edô in same hand throughout in black ink.
Two volumes. Text devoted to saddlery with numerous illustrations. Title (?)
information written
on the tail. Sewn paper bindings and double leaves of kozo paper. |
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| MS15 |
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LACOSTE |
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[Chirurgie vétérinaire].
168, [10]p. 23cm.
Cursive script in same hand throughout in black writing
ink. Signed “Lacoste” or “Lacotte” on
page 165, at end of text. Includes index at rear of book. The bottom edges of
all the pages have been eaten by a rodent (?) with no damage to text. Rebound
in quarter leather with linen boards. |
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| MS16 |
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[LIBRO DELLA MASCHALCIA DE NOBILISSIMI CAVALLI]. |
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ca. 15th century.
80 leaves, 23cm.
Written in printed script in same hand throughout in iron gall ink; chapter headings
in red ink. Annotations (later?) written in a different hand in black writing
ink. Leaves heavily soiled and significantly worn at edges with little damage
to text. Tidelines indicate water damage. A large fragment from a book on horses
with their diseases and treatment divided into three books each with chapters
and table of contents. The first book (1-27 leaves) begins with chapter 10 and
ends with chapter 64; the second book (28-57 leaves) lists 63 chapters with all
present; the third book (58-80 leaves) lists 83 chapters with chapters 1-24 present
only. All that remains of the original binding is the sewing which is on two
sets of doubled leather thongs. Paper wrappers with printed label on spine: S.
III 6 Mascalcia s. xv. 4076143.
Provenance: ex libris Hermann Sucher. |
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| MS17 |
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[LIBRO D[?] RECETTE P[ER?] GUARIR SPARAUIERI
ET ASTORRI. ... [1559?] |
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[1], 21, [7] leaves, 22cm.
Cursive script in same hand throughout in iron gall
ink. Text devoted to birds of prey and their diseases with leaf [22] followed
by six leaves in a different
hand of unrelated matter in which the date (?) “i6i6” appears several
times. Publication date from slip laid in, but now missing. Leaves are soiled
with tidelines throughout text indicating water damage. The limp vellum binding
and the leather thongs, though sympathetic, are not contemporary with the text.
The gray paper end sheets are modern 20th century and flange between the two
signatures is adhered with plastic adhesive. |
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| MS18 |
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LIBRO MANOSSCRITTO CHE ERA DI MICHELE TASSONI
MARESCHALCHO. 1544. |
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[1], 1-90. 102-133, 136, 138-141, 144-158, [159-165]
leaves, 22cm.
Numbered leaves in printed script in several hands
in iron gall ink. Unnumbered leaves in cursive script by different hand,
including a title page with the
date “1730,” appear to have been added to the text at a later date.
Text devoted to treatment of horse diseases and dated “1544” on
recto of leaf 144. Index of remedies on leaves 148-158. Leaves 91-101 and 142-143
have been clipped out; 134, 135, and 137 have been omitted in the foliation;
and 113, 155, [165] are blank. The following leaves have had part of their
text crossed out: verso of 12, recto of 13, recto of 58, verso of 90, recto
of 130, verso of 131, recto of 144. Title written on spine in cursive script
in iron gall ink: “Tassoni Rimedi per Cavelli.”
Limp vellum binding, sewn and panels have faded orange thread. The unnumbered
leaves apparently added at a later date suggest that the binding is not contemporary
with the text. |
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| MS19 |
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[LIBRO VETERINARIO]. [16__]. |
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[1], 130, [1] leaves, 20cm.
Cursive script in same hand throughout in iron gall
ink. Text comprised of 658 numbered remedies of horse diseases with index
at rear of text. Caption on
recto of leaf 1: Per humore e sfogature de caualli in particolare quando esse’ aqua
e materia. Limp vellum binding. |
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| MS20 |
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MALATTIE DEI CAVALLI: MS. s. XVI. 1548?. |
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70 leaves, 21 cm.
Cursive script in same hand throughout in iron gall
ink and red ink, which has significant loss due to abrasion. The text on
the verso of leaf 64 and recto
of leaf 65 has been crossed out. The date “1548” is found on verso
of the first leaf and may not apply to main body of the manuscript. Text devoted
to diseases and cures for horses with a table of contents at front of text.
Title from spine. Case binding in half vellum and paper not contemporary with
text. |
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| MS21 |
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MANAGE DE BOURGELAT DE COSTRANNE. 1788 |
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[2], 217p., 21cm.
Written in cursive script in same hand throughout in iron gall ink. Text is an
unpublished manuscript on horsemanship attributed to Claude Bourgelat and dated
1788. Bound in Turkey red leather in a wallet style with flap wrapping from
the back board around to the front. Gold tooled borders on front and back boards
and gilt on edges on textblock. Marbled end sheets.
Provenance: Bookplate of Oliver Belmont. |
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| MS22 |
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[MANUSCRIPT TREATISE ON HORSES]. [Persian?].
[18th century?]. |
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106p., illus., 20cm.
Possibly from northern India and written in nasta’liq
script in same hand throughout in black and red writing ink. Margins ruled
in red, blue, and gold.
Thirteen colored illustrations all with the faces of horses and riders slightly
rubbed. Pages numbered in pencil at a later date. Contains information on classification
of horses by color; disorders and remedies; physiology and development. Rebound
in case binding in quarter leather not contemporary with text. |
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| MS23 |
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MEDICAL PRECEPTS, ETC. USED ON FARRIERY. [177_?]. |
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40 leaves, 20cm.
Written in cursive script by several different hands
in iron gall ink. Text devoted primarily to horseshoeing, blacksmithing,
and cures for horse diseases, although
there are additional remedies for human ailments, including “To cure
the Bite of mad Dog” and “Cure for a recent Cough and Cold by John
Thornton, M.D.” Several horse cures attributed to “H. Bracken.” Title
from recto of leaf [1].
Limp vellum binding is heavily soiled. Textblock is competely detached from cover,
although the sewing is intact.
Provenance: John Miller; John Dobing; Thomas English [?]. |
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| MS24 |
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PRYNNE, H. FELLOWES |
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Horse dentition: the “Galvayne” system of ascertaining the
age of a horse. [19__?].
[70] leaves, illus., 17cm.
Printed script in same hand throughout in blue writing
ink with some underlining in red ink. With 41 illustrations in pencil and black
ink numbered in red ink.
At foot of title page: “H. Fellowes Prynne, 21st (E of I) Lancers. Leaves
[1-57] are text and illustrations with leaves [58-70] blank.
Rebound in modern case binding quarter leather. |
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| MS25 |
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REMEDES ET RECEPTES POUR PLUSIEURS MALLADIES
QUI SENSUYUENT [?] SUR [?] CHEUVALX. [15th century?]. |
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[22] leaves, 24cm.
Printed script in same hand throughout in iron gall ink. Title from caption on
recto of leaf [3]. Leaves [1, 21-22] are blank except for brief note on recto
of leaf [1] possibly by former owner. Folded slip mounted between leaves [18-19].
Textblock is a single signature which has been bound into a 20th century case
binding. |
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| MS26 |
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RICETTE PER CAUALLI. [17th century?]. |
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[1], 230, [4] leaves, 28cm.
Written in Italian in printed script by same hand
throughout in iron gall ink. Title from spine. Text divided into 331 numbered
chapters each devoted to remedies
for horse diseases. On verso of leaf 229 is the following: “I seguenti
rimedij sono stati prouati con felice successo da me Roberto Carradori”.
Bound in stiff-board vellum binding with sewn-on bands. |
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| MS27 |
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ROSS ARZTENEY BUECH. 1706. |
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[6], 235, [27]p. 21cm.
Cursive in same hand throughout in iron gall ink.
Text devoted to horse diseases and remedies, including two unattached sheets.
There is one ink drawing of
horse’s mouth and teeth on page 197. Pages 203-204 and its conjugate
221-222 are wanting. Index is present at rear of text. Bound in stiff-board
vellum glued on blue and white end bands. |
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| MS28 |
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RUEFF, A. VON (ADOLPH VON), 1820-1885 |
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Thierheilkunde. [1851?-1859?].
144, [4], 200, [6], 59p., illus., 22cm.
Cursive script in same hand throughout in iron gall ink. Contents include: Vortrag
des Dr. Rueff, Wintersemester 1851/1852; Thierheilkunde specieller Theil, vorgetragen
von Dr. Rueff, Hohenheim im Sommersemester 1852; Arzneimittellehre [185_?]. With
numerous ink illustrations interspersed in text.
Case binding in half publisher’s cloth and brown paper. Title stamped in
gold on spine. |
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| MS29 |
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RUFFO, GIORDANO, fl.
1250-1260 |
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Libro marischalcie equorum. [ca. 1400]
[80] leaves, illus.
Printed script in same hand throughout in iron gall ink
with section headings and a few words rubricated. Title from incipit which appears
on the recto of
leaf [1] followed by a table of contents on leaves [1-2]. Occasional illustrations
not related to the text. Bound in stiff-board vellum with title tooled in gold
and library catalogue number “N. 6 29” in iron gall ink.
Provenance: Bookplate of Jaco Calleri Damonte Graja (Piemont).
Illustration: page 26 |
