Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565 - Sea Monster, Stingrays, Ichthyology folio with 3 woodcuts - 1557 - 1557
No. 82667135
Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565 - Panther, Mole, folio with 2 woodcuts (recto and verso) - 1557 - 1557
No. 82667135
Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565 - Panther, Mole, folio with 2 woodcuts (recto and verso) - 1557 - 1557
From Gesner's FIRST EDITION of the TIERBUCH, 1555.
Woodcuts leaf.
Zurich: Christopher Froschauer, 1555.
Reference: Nissen Thierbuch 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.
Old repair to lower margin.
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