Osservazioni pratiche intorno la pesca, by D'AMICO, Francesco Carlo - 1816: Tuna Fishing in Sicily
by D'AMICO, Francesco Carlo
Osservazioni pratiche intorno la pesca,: Tuna Fishing in Sicily
by D'AMICO, Francesco Carlo
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Tuna Fishing in Sicily
[FISHERIES.] D'AMICO, Francesco Carlo. Osservazioni pratiche intorno la pesca, corso, e cammino de' tonni. In opposizione a quanto scrisse su tal soggetto l'avvocato dr Don Francesco Paola Avolio... con delle Istruzioni che riguardano detta Pesca pel buon Regolamento delle Tonnare, con una relazione di tuttle quelle di corso, e di ritorno in questo Regno, e delli Proprietari attuali. Messina, Società tipografica, 1816.
8vo, pp. [xvi], with portrait of dedicatee bound after the title page; xii, 164 with one large folding engraved plate bound in, short tear in fold, no loss; contemporary half green calf over marbled boards, spine ruled and decorated in gilt, gilt-lettered spine label; corners a little worn, else a very nice copy.
First edition of this detailed account of the tuna fisheries of Sicily by d'Amico, proprietor of the tuna fisheries of San Giorgio di Patti. Written in response to Avolio's work on the same subject, but with the advantage of first-hand knowledge, d'Amico attempts to bring order into the tuna fishing concessions in Sicily. His treatise is endorsed at the beginning by Gaetano, who had written Arcadian verse on the subject with extensive footnotes outlining the natural history, etc. of tuna. D'Amico divides his treatise into three parts. In the first part he writes on tuna in general, and its migration routes in particular, and clarifies appropriations, cessations, duties, taxable income and other obligations regarding the industry, in opposition to Avolio's treatise. The second part discusses the distances between individual tuna fisheries, and the legal basis of fishing restrictions in the vicinity of other tuna fisheries. The final part consists of a detailed account of all the tuna fisheries on the Sicilian coast, giving information on history, legal documentation of licenses, ownership, tuna 'harvest', tuna fishing season etc. Again, he clearly corrects some of Aviolo's statements.
Overall a very detailed survey of the Sicilian tuna trap fisheries (tonnara), where an elaborate maze of nets are employed to capture and corral bluefin tuna during the spawning season, a form of fishing that has been carried out for over a thousand years and clearly was the mainstay of the local economy.
OCLC lists just one copy at Harvard; for more information see the historical chapters in S. Longo, Global Sushi, a socio-ecological analysis of the Sicilian Bluefin tuna fishery, 2009, pp. 88-150.
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- Date Published 1816
- Keywords Sicily, fishery, marine, ocean
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An extremely valuable and impressive, color illustrated work of sport and outdoors by illustrator Samuel Howitt. 'Foreign Field Sports' is a 19th-century sports manual known for its engravings on hunting, big game animals, fishing and ice fishing, horse racing and competitions, and whaling! The whaling engravings themselves are often considered some of the most desirable views of the sport!
Note on dating and rarity: While the title page does not indicate dating, the plates themselves are dated by 1813 and 1833. William gilling was a notable London publisher from 1841-1844. Individual engravings from this work are known be extremely desirable and some sell alone for nearly $1,000!
Item number: #6293
Price: $2500
HOWITT, Samuel
Foreign field sports, fisheries, sporting anecdotes, &c. &c. : containing fifty plates, beautifully coloured, from the original drawings
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