R.L. Stevenson - Island Nights' Entertainments - 1893
N.º 82396141
Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565 - Turtle, amphibian, marine life, fish, folio with large woodcut - 1557
N.º 82396141
Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565 - Turtle, amphibian, marine life, fish, folio with large woodcut - 1557
From Gesner's FIRST EDITION of the FISCHBUCH, 1558.
Woodcuts leaf.
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. Later hand colour.
Minor staining to top of leaf. Small clean marginal tear rebacked.
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