Treatise on Hunting and Fishing
The Oldest and Most Copiously Illustrated Hunting Manuscript

• Conserved in the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice. Cod. Gr.Z.479 (=881). Oppiano. Cynegetica.

• Didactic poem on the techniques of hunting with dogs written in the 3rd century by Oppiano of Apamea (Syria) for the Emperor Caracalla.

• Comprised of the most extraordinary illustrative sequence of the Late Macedonian era.

• 157 splendid miniatures in the Byzantine style by the hand of a very creative artist and astute observer of reality.

• Bound in leather over wooden boards, as is the original.

• Unique edition of 999 numbered copies with notarized certificate of authenticity.