{"product_id":"conrad-gesner-1516-1565-wild-goose-ornithology-folio-with-large-hand-coloured-woodcut-1582","title":"Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Wild Goose, ornithology, folio with large hand coloured woodcut, 1557","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"LotInfoDescription_description__RFjKp\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuperb folio from an early German edition of Conrad Gesner's Vogelbuch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZurich: Christopher Froschauer, 1557.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e37.3 x 23.1 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReference: Nissen 350.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConrad Gessner was a Renaissance polymath, a physician, philosopher, encyclopaedist, bibliographer, philologist, natural historian and illustrator.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe woodcuts for the work were undertaken by Hans Asper, Johann Thomas, and Lukas Schrön.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFine 16th century folio.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Daniel Good Rare Books and Engravings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48617601204436,"sku":null,"price":152.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1304\/2587\/files\/IMG_0714.jpg?v=1788517230","url":"https:\/\/rarebooksandprints.com\/en-us\/products\/conrad-gesner-1516-1565-wild-goose-ornithology-folio-with-large-hand-coloured-woodcut-1582","provider":"Daniel Good Rare Books and Engravings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}