Conrad Gesner (1516-1565) - Spider Crab, Fish, folio with woodcut, 1558
No. 83456041
Conrad Gesner (1516-1565) - Spider Crab, Fish, folio with woodcut, 1558
No. 83456041
Conrad Gesner (1516-1565) - Spider Crab, Fish, folio with woodcut, 1558
Superb folio from Gesner's FIRST EDITION of Icones animalium quadrupedum uiuiparorum et ouiparorum.
Folio with woodcut.
Zurich: Christopher Froschauer, 1558.
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.
Fine cream 16th century folio. Later hand colour.
Good overall condition.
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