Superb folio from the first German edition of Conrad Gesner's Vogelbuch Zurich: Christopher Froschauer, 1557. FIRST ISSUE!!! 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. Fine hand colour. Condition: Some fingering to margins. A few surface stains and some minor age toning. Please view the images carefully.