1669 LIZARDS - Conrad GESNER FOLIO original 2 WOODCUTS hand colored

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1669 LIZARDS - Conrad GESNER FOLIO original 2 WOODCUTS hand colored:
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Gesner, Konrad, 1516-1565

2 handcolored woodcuts on FINE FOLIO LEAF.

Zürich, 1669.

Leaf: ca 20.5 x 34 cm/Approx 8 x 13.5 inches.

Handcoloured.

ORIGINAL from 1669.

Issued in:

The Historiae animalium (\"Histories of the Animals\") published at Zurich was an encyclopedic work of \"an inventory of renaissance zoology\" by Conrad Gesner, a doctor and professor at the Carolinum, the precursor of the University of Zurich. It is the first modern zoological work that attempts to describe all the animals known, and the first bibliography of natural history writings.

Though in his large work Gesner sought to distinguish facts from myths, his encyclopedic work also included mythical creatures and imaginary beasts, intermixed with the strange newly discovered animals of the East Indies, those of the far north and animals brought back from the New World.

This woodcut issued in Frankfurt 1669.

THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 350 YEAR OLD WOODCUT BY CONRAD GESNER!!!

Item Condition: Please view images carefully. Light age toning.

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