Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Wild Goose, ornithology, folio with large hand coloured woodcut, 1557

Superb folio from an early German edition of Conrad Gesner's Vogelbuch

Zurich: Christopher Froschauer, 1557.

37.3 x 23.1 cm

Reference: Nissen 350.

Conrad Gessner was a Renaissance polymath, a physician, philosopher, encyclopaedist, bibliographer, philologist, natural historian and illustrator.

The woodcuts for the work were undertaken by Hans Asper, Johann Thomas, and Lukas Schrön.

Fine 16th century folio.