Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner - Sandpipers, ‘Steingallyl’ & ‘Fisterlein’ ornithology, folio with 2 large hand coloured woodcuts - 1582
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Conrad Gesner - Folio from Fischbuch by Conrad Gesner with hand coloured woodcuts (crabs, aquatic marine life) - 1557
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Conrad Gesner - Folio from Fischbuch by Conrad Gesner with hand coloured woodcuts (crabs, aquatic marine life) - 1557
Folio by Conrad Gesner 1516-1565 with hand coloured woodcuts - Crabs, Aquatic Marine Life - Woodcuts to recto and verso of leaves. - 1557
Superb folio from Gesner's FIRST EDITION of the FISCHBUCH, 1563.
34.8 x 21.5 cm
Zurich: Christopher Froschauer, 1563.
Reference: Nissen Fischbuch 59.
Conrad Gessner was a Renaissance polymath, a physician, philosopher, encyclopaedist, bibliographer, philologist, natural historian and illustrator.
The woodcuts for the work were undertaken by Hans Asper, Johann Thomas, and Lukas Schrön.
Later hand colour. A few minor age spots. Minor marginal worming to one leaf.
Light even age toning to leaf.
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