Conrad Gesner (1516-1565) - Folio leaf with large woodcut - Ornithology: Macaw Parrot - Psittacus maximus - Hand coloured - Folio Woodcut

Large woodcuts on one folio leaf.

33 x 22.5 cm

Later hand colour.

Conrad Gesner (1516-1565)

Woodcuts on one folio leaf

Issued in:
Allgemeines 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..."

1669

The 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.

Condition: Very good condition. Minor text show through as allways.