Thierbuch Das ist ein kurtze beschreybung aller vierfüssigen Thieren/ so auff der erden vn[d] in wassern wonend/ sampt jrer waren conterfactur: alles zů nutz vn[d] gůtem allen liebhabern der künsten/ Artzeten/ Maleren/ Bildschnitzern/ Weydleüten vnd Köchen/ gestelt

Gessner, Conrad, Froschauer, Christoph [Bearb.], Forer, Conrad [Übers.] · 1583 · 66 pictures

This is a 1583 German illustrated natural history of animals, the Thierbuch, compiled by Conrad Gessner and issued from Christoph Froschauer's press in Zurich, aimed at artists, physicians, painters, woodcarvers, huntsmen and cooks. The woodcut birds here are shown in profile on plain ground, each with a text block behind, giving a clear, sober model for scientific bird figures, with the outline and feather patterning of each species kept distinct.

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