Conrad Gesner - Hawfinch (Coccothraustes). Ornithology. Folio with hand colored woodcut - 1582
Nr. 83219581
Conrad Gesner - Sparrow (Spatzen). Ornithology. Folio with hand colored woodcut - 1582
Nr. 83219581
Conrad Gesner - Sparrow (Spatzen). Ornithology. Folio with hand colored woodcut - 1582
Superb folio from an early German edition of Conrad Gesner's Vogelbuch
Zurich: Christopher Froschauer, 1557. This edition 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.
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