1563 COAD GESNER orig fol 3 WDCTS – MANTIS SHRIMPS

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1563 CONRAD GESNER orig fol 3 WDCTS - MANTIS SHRIMPS Gesner, Konrad, 1516-1565 Folio THREE WOODCUT of MANTIS SHRIMPS Zürich, 1563. Leaf: ca 33.5 x 21.5 cms. Hand coloured. Issued in:Fischbuch, das ist ein kurtze ... beschreybung aller Fischen so indem Meer und süssen wasseren ... Erstlich in Latin durch D. C. Gesner beschriben: yetz neülich aber durch D. C. Forer ... in das Teütsch gebracht.Froschower: Zürych, 1563.THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 450 YEAR OLD WOODCUT BY CONRAD GESNER!!!The Historiae animalium ("Histories of the Animals") published at Zurich was an encyclopedic 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.Though in his large work Gesner sought to distinguish facts from myths, his encyclopedic work also included mythical creatures and imaginary beasts, intermixed with the strange newly discovered animals of the East Indies, those of the far north and animals brought back from the New World.Gesner acknowledges one of his main illustrators was Lucas Schan, an artist from Strasbourg. He likely used other illustrators as well as himself. Condition:Fine leaf and MOST ATTRACTIVE. Some age toning and fingering. Creases to one corner. Please view the images carefully.WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO COMBINE SHIPMENTS AND ONLY CHARGE FOR THE LARGEST ITEM OF GRAPHIC BOUGHT. ANTIQUARIAT Daniel Good, Beromünster – Switzerland