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.

Número de livros
1
Tema
Ornitologia
Título do livro
De Turdo Uisciuoro Privatim / De Turdo Minore, Quem Illadem
Estado
Bom
Autor/ Ilustrador
Conrad Gesner
Artigo mais antigo do ano de publicação
1555
Altura
37,1 cm
Edição
1ª edição
Largura
23,4 cm
Idioma
Latim
Idioma original
Sim
Número de páginas
1

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