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1582 Barn Swallow, Conrad Gesner, ornithology, folio, woodcut, hand coloured

Description: First State of the rare woodcut. Unidentified woodcut artist for Konrad Gesner (aka Conrad Gesner; Philiatrus Euonymus) (1516–1565) Fine folio leaf with woodcut. 38 x 21.7 cm Issued in: Vogelbuch, Zurich, Christopher Froschover, 1582. References: Westwood & Satchell, p.105; Adams C598; Nissen ZBI 1553 Gesner based his work on contemporary research and first-hand observation. As a result, although the species are described in alphabetical order, the descriptions place much emphasis on the physical appearance. Similarly, the work is the first scholarly publication in which illustrations play a fundamental role. Gesner’s use of woodcuts is seen as an important contribution to the scientific study of animals, exposing readers to images of species that may only have been previously studied by descriptive text. Indeed, the popularity of the illustrations at the time of publication is made clear by the fact that they were soon brought together in a separate work of their own, the Icones animalium and Icones avium omnivm (Sp Coll Hunterian A.a.1.2), published between 1553 – 1560.

Price: 92 GBP

Location: Norwich

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Shipping Cost: 20.06 GBP

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Type: Print

Theme: Animals

Material: Paper

Size: Medium

Production Technique: Woodcut Printing

Original/Licensed Reprint: Original

Year of Production: 1582

Time Period Produced: Pre-1700

Image Orientation: Portrait

Handmade: Yes

Period: Renaissance (Pre-1600)

Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes

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