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conrad gessner (1516 - 1565)
Lot 34 Historiae animalium liber IIII. qui est de piscium & aquatilium animantium natura
Conrad Gessner (1516 - 1565)
Printed and Manuscript Americana & Science
Conrad Gessner
26.03.1516 - 13.12.1565
Switzerland
Conrad Gessner or Gessner (German: Conrad Gessner, also Conrad Gesner) was a Swiss scholar-encyclopaedist who was one of the first to attempt to systematise the accumulated knowledge of mankind about animals and plants. He is best known for his five-volume Historiae animalium ("History of animals", 1551-1587).
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Printed and Manuscript Americana & Science
Date: 27.01.2023 10:00 UTC +00:00
Number of lots in the catalog: 214