[GASTRONOMY AND HUNTING]. An interesting lot of five seventeenth- and eighteenth-century works on gastronomy and the art of hunting. An interesting lot comprising the first Italian edition of De Thou's renowned Latin poem on falconry; a curious Vicentine poem on quail hunting which combines an interest in hunting and the literary affectedness of the seventeenth century; Pisanelli's Trattato, a classic of sixteenth-century dietetics; Zanon's early advocacy of potatoes as a means to combat famine in Italy; and finally, Hales' guide presenting innovative techniques for desalinating seawater and preserving food aboard naval fleets. WORKS: PISANELLI, Baldassare (1559-1583). Trattato della natura de' cibi et del bere. Venice: Ginami, 1659. 8vo (150 x 80mm). Some spotting. Contemporary rustic paper. [IN LOT WITH:] ZANON, Antonio (1696-1770). Della coltivazione e dell'uso delle patate e d'altre piante edestibili. Venice: Fenzo, 1767. Large 4to (195 x 210mm). Woodcut vignette to title, uncut. Contemporary wrappers (slight wear) [WITH:] HALES, Etienne. Instructions pour les mariniers... The Hague: Paupie, 1740. 8vo (168 x 110mm). Two folding plates showing a desalination apparatus, uncut. Contemporary marbled boards (slight wear) [WITH:] The Hunting of Quails. Poemetto. Vicenza: Turra, 1792. 12mo (175 x 115 mm). Printed on bluish paper, contemporary marbled boards. First edition [WITH:] THOU, Jacques Auguste (1553-1617). Il falconiere...l¿uccellatura a vischio. Venice: Giambattista Albrizzi, 1735. Folio (300 x 225mm). Allegorical engraved frontispiece, portrait plate of Cardinal de Beauveau, copper-engraved vignettes and headpieces, uncut (waterstaining to early leaves, a few small wormholes). Contemporary rustic paper (worn, partially disbound). (5)