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.