{"product_id":"1669-conrad-gesner-dodo-with-description-parrot-2-hand-coloured-woodcuts","title":"1669 Conrad Gesner, Birds, Dodo (with description) \u0026 Parrot, 2 hand coloured woodcuts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDodo (with description) \u0026amp; Parrot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFolio with 2 hand coloured woodcut engravings to recto and verso.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConrad Gesner (1516-1565)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIssued in:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAllgemeines Thier-Buch: \"Eigentliche und lebendige Abbildung Aller vierfüssigen \/ So wohl zahmer als wilder Thieren\/ welche in allen vier Theilen der Welt \/auff dem Erdboden \/und in etlichen Wassern zu finden: Sampt einer außführlichen...\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Historiae animalium (\"Histories of the Animals\") published at Zurich was an encyclopaedic 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daniel Good Rare Books and Engravings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48657445978324,"sku":null,"price":452.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1304\/2587\/files\/IMG_0927.jpg?v=1789221044","url":"https:\/\/rarebooksandprints.com\/en-fr\/products\/1669-conrad-gesner-dodo-with-description-parrot-2-hand-coloured-woodcuts","provider":"Daniel Good Rare Books and Engravings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}