Conrad Gesner - Hawfinch (Coccothraustes). Ornithology. Folio with hand colored woodcut - 1582
Nro. 74105679
Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner - Ducks, waterbirds, folio with 2 hand colored woodcuts - 1557
Nro. 74105679
Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner - Ducks, waterbirds, folio with 2 hand colored woodcuts - 1557
Superb folio from an early German edition of Conrad Gesner's Vogelbuch
Zurich: Christopher Froschauer, 1557 (this state ca 1582).
Reference: Nissen Fischbuch 350.
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 16th century folio. Later hand colour.
Light even age toning and small age spot to leaf.
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