編號 99653599

編號 99653599

From Gesner's FIRST EDITION of the FISCHBUCH, 1558.
Woodcut leaf.
Zurich: Christopher Froschauer, 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. Uncoloured woodcut to verso.
Age toning/offsetting and age spotting. Please view the images carefully.