1563 GESNER FOLIO ORIG 4 wdcts SEA MONSTER SERPENTS

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1563 GESNER FOLIO ORIG 4 wdcts SEA MONSTER SERPENTS Gesner, Konrad, 1516-1565 ORIGINAL FOLIO. Fine woodcuts of SEA MONSTER SERPENTS, one with depiction of Serpent attcking a ship. Zürich, 1563. Leaf: ca 32 x 21.5 cms Hand coloured. 4 woodcuts, recto and verso of one leaf. Woodcuts recto and verso of one leaf. ORIGINAL from 1563.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:Minor creasing and light age toning. Overall very attractive.THIS IS AN ORIGINAL FROM 1562!WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO COMBINE SHIPMENTS AND ONLY CHARGE FOR THE LARGEST ITEM OF GRAPHIC BOUGHT. Daniel Good RARE BOOKS, Saxlingham, Norfolk, England.