Folio leaf from Gesner with woodcuts to recto and verso. From Gesner's LATIN EDITION of the FISCHBUCH, 1620. Reference: Nissen Fischbuch 59. 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. Later hand colour. Please view the images carefully. Even age toning to leaf.