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. Stain to top of leaf, not close to woodcuts. Two small spots where paper has thinned.