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View translationConrad Gesner - De Turdo Uisciuoro Privatim / De Turdo Minore, Quem Illadem - 1555
No. 92738551
Beautiful hand-colored woodcuts of a Mistle thrush and a mock bird from the FIRST EDITION of Gesner's "Icones animalium quadrupedum uiuiparorum et ouiparorum".
From the first edition, being the Latin edition.
Zurich, Christopher Froschauer, 1555.
Dimensions: 37.1 x 23.4 cm.
Conrad Gesner is considered the father of modern scientific bibliography, zoology and botany.
He was a Renaissance polymath, physician, philosopher, bibliographer, philologist, natural historian, and illustrator who spent most of his time collecting, researching, and writing. He compiled monumental works on bibliography (Bibliotheca universalis 1545–1549) and zoology (Historia Animalium 1551–1558). This woodcut was published in the 3rd volume of the "Historia Animalium" dedicated to birds.
Good condition, small brown spots.
Beautiful hand-colored woodcuts of a Mistle thrush and a mock bird from the FIRST EDITION of Gesner's "Icones animalium quadrupedum uiuiparorum et ouiparorum".
From the first edition, being the Latin edition.
Zurich, Christopher Froschauer, 1555.
Dimensions: 37.1 x 23.4 cm.
Conrad Gesner is considered the father of modern scientific bibliography, zoology and botany.
He was a Renaissance polymath, physician, philosopher, bibliographer, philologist, natural historian, and illustrator who spent most of his time collecting, researching, and writing. He compiled monumental works on bibliography (Bibliotheca universalis 1545–1549) and zoology (Historia Animalium 1551–1558). This woodcut was published in the 3rd volume of the "Historia Animalium" dedicated to birds.
Good condition, small brown spots.
Number of Books
1
Subject
Ornithology
Book Title
De Turdo Uisciuoro Privatim / De Turdo Minore, Quem Illadem
Condition
Good
Author/ Illustrator
Conrad Gesner
Publication year oldest item
1555
Height
37.1 cm
Edition
1st Edition
Width
23.4 cm
Language
Latin
Original language
Yes
Number of pages
1
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