Gaius Sallustius Crispus - Opus una cum infrascriptis comentariis videlicet: Laurentii Vallae ... Jodoci Badii Ascensii (et - 1521
編號 86160379
Conrad Gesner - De Sterna - 1555
編號 86160379
Conrad Gesner - De Sterna - 1555
Beautiful hand-colored woodcut of a seagull and a Sterna bird from the FIRST EDITION of Gesner's "Icones animalium quadrupedum uiuiparorum et ouiparorum".
From the first edition, being the Latin edition.
Zürich, Christopher Froschauer, 1555.
Dimensions: 37 x 24 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, some small brown spots.