Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565 - ‘Boces’ & ‘Boopis’, Ichthyology folio with 2 woodcuts - 1557 - 1557
No. 84027867
Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565 - Sea Monster, Stingrays, Ichthyology folio with 3 woodcuts - 1557 - 1557
No. 84027867
Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565 - Sea Monster, Stingrays, Ichthyology folio with 3 woodcuts - 1557 - 1557
From Gesner's FIRST EDITION of the FISCHBUCH, 1557.
3 woodcuts to one leaf (recto and verso).
Zurich: Christopher Froschauer, 1557.
Reference: Nissen.
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.
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