1560 GESNER FOLIO 4 ORIG WOODCUTS MONSTER HIPPOPOTAMUS

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1560 GESNER FOLIO 4 ORIG WOODCUTS MONSTER HIPPOPOTAMUS Crocodile, Wild Boer, Wolf resembling SCYTHA, MEERWOLF Gesner, Konrad, 1516-1565ORIGINAL. Superb handcolored Woodcut - MONSTER HIPPOPOTAMUS Crocodile, Wild Boer, Wolf resembling SCYTHA, MEERWOLF Zürich, 1560.37 x 23 cmHand coloured.Conrad Gesner, like Aldrovandi passed along his share of misinformation. In published books, misconceptions could multiply because many artists were illiterate. As a result, illustrations didn't always match the written descriptions they accompanied.A carnivorous hippopotamus!! ORIGINAL from 1560.Issued in:THIERBUCH. Nomenclator aquatilium animantium. PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR OTHER GESNER ORIGINAL WE CURRENTLY HAVE UP FOR AUCTION.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 read more

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