Curious Woodcuts of Fanciful and Real Beasts: A Selection of 19O Sixteenth-Century Woodcuts from Gesner's and Topsell's Natural Histories
A collection of 190 sixteenth-century woodcuts from Gesner and Topsell's natural histories showing real and fanciful beasts.
About This Book
This volume presents a selection of 190 woodcuts from the sixteenth-century natural histories of Konrad Gesner and Edward Topsell.
The illustrations feature both real animals and fanciful beasts as interpreted by early naturalists and artists.
Readers can explore historical depictions of wildlife alongside mythical creatures drawn from the period's understanding of the natural world.
The book offers insight into how sixteenth-century scholars documented and visualized animals both known and imagined.
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