Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565 - Guineapig [ Cuniculus indus ], folio with woodcut - 1557 - 1557
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Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565 - Wolf [ Wolff ], folio with woodcut - 1557 - 1557
Nr. 87659243
Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565 - Wolf [ Wolff ], folio with woodcut - 1557 - 1557
From Gesner's FIRST EDITION of the TIERBUCH, 1555.
Woodcuts leaf.
Zurich: Christopher Froschauer, 1555.
Reference: Nissen Thierbuch 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.
Light age toning.
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