Conrad Gesner (1516-1565) - Spider Crab, Fish, folio with woodcut, 1558
Nr. 79210295
Conrad Gesner (1516-1565) - Waterbirds, Dusty Sandpiper & Spine. Hand coloured folio with 2 woodcuts, 1558
Nr. 79210295
Conrad Gesner (1516-1565) - Waterbirds, Dusty Sandpiper & Spine. Hand coloured folio with 2 woodcuts, 1558
Superb woodcut folio from Gessner's encyclopaedic work
Zurich: Christopher Froschauer, 1558 (this issue ca 1580).
Reference: Nissen Vogelbuch 59.
Conrad Gessner was a Renaissance polymath, a physician, philosopher, encyclopaedist, bibliographer, philologist, natural historian and illustrator.
Fine cream 16th century folio. Later hand colour. Minor marginal spots.
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