Pasta for Nightingales: A 17th-Century Handbook of Bird-Care and Folklore
by Giovanni Pietro Olina, Cassiano Dal Pozzo
Pasta for Nightingales offers a window into 17th-century ideas about bird-care and folklore. By Giovanni Pietro Olina and Cassiano Dal Pozzo, this distinctive handbook brings together practical attention to birds and the beliefs, customs, and observations associated with them in an earlier era.
About This Book
Pasta for Nightingales presents a 17th-century handbook devoted to bird-care and folklore.
Written by Giovanni Pietro Olina and associated with Cassiano Dal Pozzo, the work reflects historical interest in birds and the traditions surrounding them.
Its subject brings together practical attention to bird-care with the cultural and folkloric ideas of its period.
This edition will appeal to readers interested in historical natural history, birds, and early modern folklore.
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