GESNER, Conrad (1516-1565). Vogelbuch darin die Art, Natur und Eigenschafft aller Voglen sampt irer waren Contrafactur angezeigt wirt . Translated into German by Rudolf Heusslein. Zurich: Christoph Froschauer, 1557. First edition in German of Gesner’s encyclopaedic work on birds , which remained a standard reference during the 16th and 17th centuries. Considered one of the fathers of zoology and called the 'German Pliny', Gesner set out to rationalise the animal kingdom in the way that his contemporaries Brunfels, Bock, and Fuchs had done for botany. USTC 702117; VD16 G 1734; Wellisch A 25.4. Folio (383 x 242mm). Woodcut on title and over 200 further cuts of birds. With the final blank (light marginal waterstaining, some leaves faintly thumbsoiled). Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over bevelled wooden boards by Nickel Zinn [EBDB w003711; Haebler I, pp.514-515] with his monogram 'NZ' on upper cover, stamped with the letters ‘VGGIEFZA’ representing the motto of Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, and dated 1561 (extremities lightly rubbed, a few stains). Provenance : Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, Dessau (1536-1586; binding) – Edwin Schindler (stamp on title dated 1950) – Schweinfurt, Otto Schäfer (monogram on rear pastedown).
GESNER, Conrad (1516-1565). Vogelbuch darin die Art, Natur und Eigenschafft aller Voglen sampt irer waren Contrafactur angezeigt wirt . Translated into German by Rudolf Heusslein. Zurich: Christoph Froschauer, 1557. First edition in German of Gesner’s encyclopaedic work on birds , which remained a standard reference during the 16th and 17th centuries. Considered one of the fathers of zoology and called the 'German Pliny', Gesner set out to rationalise the animal kingdom in the way that his contemporaries Brunfels, Bock, and Fuchs had done for botany. USTC 702117; VD16 G 1734; Wellisch A 25.4. Folio (383 x 242mm). Woodcut on title and over 200 further cuts of birds. With the final blank (light marginal waterstaining, some leaves faintly thumbsoiled). Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over bevelled wooden boards by Nickel Zinn [EBDB w003711; Haebler I, pp.514-515] with his monogram 'NZ' on upper cover, stamped with the letters ‘VGGIEFZA’ representing the motto of Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, and dated 1561 (extremities lightly rubbed, a few stains). Provenance : Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, Dessau (1536-1586; binding) – Edwin Schindler (stamp on title dated 1950) – Schweinfurt, Otto Schäfer (monogram on rear pastedown).
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