GAETANI, Caesar (1712-1773). Pescagioni. Syracuse: Pulejo, 1797. A genuine copy of this literary work on fishing, never recorded at auction (RBH), gathering twenty-five idylls in verse, with notes and dedications to various individuals, followed by poems in honour of the Virgin Mary and Saint Lucy, and a cantata composed at the Tonnara of Fontane Bianche. The volume concludes with an essay by Giuseppe Logoteta on the use of fish in antiquity and a curious promotional manifesto for an unpublished treatise on Sicilian fishing laws. The author, Cesare Gaetani, a passionate fisherman, also includes his own translations from the Greek of Moschus and Anacreon on related themes. 8vo (192 x 140mm). One folding engraved copper-engraved plate depicting the tuna fishery at Fontane Bianche. Bound in contemporary carta rustica. (1)