Nº 101575146

Conrad Gesner - First Issue - Partridge, Sand Grouse ornithology, folio - 1557
Nº 101575146

Conrad Gesner - First Issue - Partridge, Sand Grouse ornithology, folio - 1557
Superb folio from the first German edition of Conrad Gesner's Vogelbuch
Zurich: Christopher Froschauer, 1557. FIRST ISSUE!!!
Reference: Nissen 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. Original hand colour with gum arabica.
Some light marginal age spotting. Long clean tear to lower margin into text (no loss, skilfully closed, See image). Small clean marginal tear. Please view the images carefully.
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