Nº 99997218
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Conrad Gesner [1516-1565] folio, 3 woodcuts, Wagtails, birds - 1557
Nº 99997218
![Conrad Gesner [1516-1565] folio, 3 woodcuts, Wagtails, birds - 1557](https://assets.catawiki.nl/assets/2025/12/13/8/5/6/856562fb-3997-4354-9ad4-d0ba80387a44.jpg)
Conrad Gesner [1516-1565] folio, 3 woodcuts, Wagtails, birds - 1557
Fine folio leaf from an early German edition of Conrad Gesner's Vogelbuch.
Zurich: Christopher Froschauer, 1557 (this state ca 1582).
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. Later hand colour.
Good overall condition. Minor marks to margins. Please view the images carefully.
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