Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner - ‘Ochropus’ & ‘Poliopus’, ornithology, folio with 2 large hand coloured woodcuts - 1582
N. 83463747
Conrad Gesner - Trout, fresh water fish. Folio with large hand colored woodcut - 1557
N. 83463747
Conrad Gesner - Trout, fresh water fish. Folio with large hand colored woodcut - 1557
Superb folio from an early German edition of Conrad Gesner's Fischbuch
Zurich: Christopher Froschauer, 1557.
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. Light staining to upper margin.
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