Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner - Robin [ Rubecula ], ornithology, folio with hand coloured woodcut - 1669
N. 86788951
Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner - Wild Goose [ Wilden Gaensen ], ornithology, folio with large hand coloured woodcut - 1582
N. 86788951
Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner - Wild Goose [ Wilden Gaensen ], ornithology, folio with large hand coloured woodcut - 1582
Superb folio from an early German edition of Conrad Gesner's Vogelbuch
Zurich: Christopher Froschauer, 1557 (this state ca 1582).
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. Later hand colour. Minor age toning. Expert repair to top right margin (not impinging on text or image).
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