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Conrad Gesner (1516-1565) - Waxwing [ Garrulus Bohemicus ], ornithology, folio with woodcut, 1582
N.º 77738965
N.º 77738965
Superb woodcut folio from Gessner's FIRST EDITION of Icones animalium quadrupedum uiuiparorum et ouiparorum.
Woodcuts to recto and verso of leaf.
Zurich: Christopher Froschauer, 1558.
Reference: Nissen Fischbuch 59.
Conrad Gessner was a Renaissance polymath, a physician, philosopher, encyclopaedist, bibliographer, philologist, natural historian and illustrator.
Fine cream 16th century folio. Later hand colour.
Very light even age toning.
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