Illustrations from Conrad Gesner’s Historiae Animalium, considered to be the first modern zool
Illustrations from Conrad Gesner’s Historiae Animalium, considered to be the first modern zoological work. This first attempt to describe many of the animals accurately is illustrated with hand-colored woodcuts drawn from personal observations by Gesner and his colleagues. Note the included Satyr. -- source link
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