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Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner - Kingfisher (Eisvogel), ornithology, folio with hand coloured woodcut - 1582
Nr. 84859391
Nr. 84859391
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. Minor stain to outer margin.
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